Several months after hiring W as an information technology $($IT$)$ business analyst, the employer$$s computer system was the victim of an after$-$hours unauthorized remote access. In addition, a back$-$up data tape was missing. W suggested the executive management should be contacted and the police informed. Without waiting for permission, W contacted the employer$$s board chair and the police. The latter said that the complaint must come from the employer. The employer told W that they thought he was the data thief. The next day, the employer told W that he was no longer suspected but that they were terminating his position as part of $$downsizing$.$