Question

You are a vice president in charge of personnel at a large manufacturing company. in-house detectives inform you that gates, an employee, was seen stealing valuable computer equipment. gates denies the theft, but you fire him nonetheless. the detectives suggest that you post notices around the company, informing all employees what happened to gates and why. this will discourage others from stealing. while you think that over, the personnel officer from another company calls, asking for a recommendation for gates. should you post the notices? what should you say to the other officer?

Answer 1

Based on the situation above, the notices shouldn’t be posted because if the sign has been posted, this will only result to giving rise to a claim of defamation by which this is an act of destroying another individual’s reputation.