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HRCI Exam PHR Topic 3 Question 20 Discussion
Topic #: 3
Frank is an employee at the HBF Corporation, and he has recently been terminated because of poor company income. Frank visits the company's blog and saw a comment from his manager, which says, "We had to let Frank go today because he kept screwing up sales order. He's incompetent!" This is an example of which one of the following?
Defamation in writing is an example of a libel.
Answer option D is incorrect. Freedom of speech does have provisions, but in this case Frank was released because of poor company income, and not for being incompetent. This is an example of a libel.
Answer option B is incorrect. Slander is defamation through the spoken words.
Answer option A is incorrect. Frank was terminated for poor company income, and not for screwing up sales orders.
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