Holly refuses her employer's request to falsify the contents of a report to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).The employer subsequently discharges Holly for "not following orders." Identify the exception to the employment-at-will doctrine that Holly is likely to choose when she files a wrongful discharge suit.
A) equal employment
B) public policy
C) implied contract
D) reverse discrimination
E) affirmative action

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Holly is likely to choose the public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. This exception prohibits an employer from terminating an employee for reasons that violate a public policy of the state or federal government, such as refusing to participate in illegal activities like falsifying reports to the EEOC.

Holly Refuses Her Employer's Request to Falsify the Contents of a Report