After a local workplace was the site of a brutal employee attack on a supervisor, the V.P. of HR told local media,

“This was completely unexpected. Nobody saw this coming.

There were no obvious signs of trouble before the employee snapped and attacked the supervisor. This is a safe place to work and we don’t expect any further incidents.”

Does the employer have any ethical obligation to take any further action? What actions should have taken place following the incident? (LO 3, 4, 5)