Gordon Bombay, an employee with the law firm Ducksworth, Saver, and Gross, finds out that when Ducksworth hires new employees, they do not provide healthcare coverage for any pre-existing condition. Bombay knows this is a violation of the Affordable Care Act.

So, Bombay prepares a memorandum describing the issue, and leaves it on the desk of his boss Jack Reilly. He also mails a copy to the Office of the Inspector General for the US Department of Health and Human Services. One week later it is found out that Bombay was arrested for drunk driving and is now completing his community service.

Someone from HR comes to you and asks if Bombay should be placed on leave without pay. Should he?

Which of the following clauses from an employee handbook is an appropriateway for a company to encourage employees to report wrongdoing inside the company, instead of whistleblowing to the government?

Group of answer choices

"Please ensure that any information you provide to government regulators is true and accurate. To ensure this, if an employee exposes information to the government, and the government declines to investigate, the employee's bonus for the next fiscal year will be reduced by any costs incurred by the company responding to the employee's disclosure."

"Among your other job duties, you are obligated to report any potential legal or ethical violations to your supervisor or the compliance department. This duty is just as important as your other job duties, andthe failure to report information related to potential legal or ethical violations will be considered as part of your annual evaluation."

"Given the sensitivity of your job duties, you may not talk to any government law enforcement until prior approval is obtained from the audit committee of the board of directors."

"In the event an employee provides information to the government which causes an investigation, that employee shall be placed on leave without pay while that investigation is pending."

Explain your answer to Question 2. Why is the clause you chose appropriate? Why are the other clauses inappropriate?

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