Public-Policy Exception to Employment at Will

1992 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-11
Author(s):  
John E.H. Sherry
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Employment At Will ◽  
At Will

scholarly journals The Ethics of Employment-at-Will: An Institutional Complementarities Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Vikram R. Bhargava ◽  
Carson Young
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Employment At Will ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
At Will

Employment-at-will (EAW) is the legal presumption that employers and employees may terminate an employment relationship for any or no reason. Defenders of EAW have argued that it promotes autonomy and efficiency. Critics have argued that it allows for the domination, subordination, and arbitrary treatment of employees. We intervene in this debate by arguing that the case for EAW is contextual in a way that existing business ethics scholarship has not considered. In particular, we argue that the justifiability of EAW for a given jurisdiction depends on existing complementarities among the institutions that constitute the jurisdiction’s political economy. Notably, our view takes seriously the ethical concerns EAW critics have raised by showing how these concerns can be mitigated through public policy measures that do not require eliminating EAW.

Employment-at-Will

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-309
Author(s):  
Jerry Kinard ◽  
Brian R. Kinard
Keyword(s):  
Employment At Will ◽  
At Will

Employment-at-Will or Just Cause:

1995 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton Tambor
Keyword(s):  
Employment At Will ◽  
Just Cause ◽  
At Will
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