Question: When Theodore Staats went to his company's Council of Honor Con- vention, he was accompanied...

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Question: When Theodore Staats went to his company's "Council of Honor Con- vention," he was accompanied by a woman who was not his wife although he told everyone she was. The company fired him. Staats alleged that his termination violated public policy because it infringed upon his freedom of association. He also alleged that he had been fired because he was too successful-his commissions were so high, he out- earned even the highest paid officer of the company. Has Staat's employer violated public policy? Strategy: Is Staats protected by a statute? No. Is he being asked to break the law? No. Is he trying to perform a legal duty? No. Is he being denied a legal right? (See the "Result" at the end of this section.)