Introduction
In this paper a brief description of employment-at-will doctrine has been presented to show how a Chief Operating Officer can tackle a number of personnel problems of an organization with the help of a number of ethical theories and ethical consideration. As the Chief Operating Officer a number of scenarios have to be dealt with where one can find unethical use of empowerment with the employees to force them to leave the job. Therefore it is the duty of Chief Operating Officer to investigate such unethical scenarios to make correct decisions whether the employment-at-will doctrine has been breached or not. Considering the issues with provided evidences it is very essential to reach the correct decisions. In this paper a summary of -at-will doctrine has been presented and at the same time the some of the given scenarios have been strictly verified following the ethical guidance and law suits. Besides, a description of the primary actions needed to be taken to limit the aptitude and impact on operations has been presented with the help of proper ethical theories. Finally employment-at-will doctrine policy has been critically analyzed by providing a real world example of an employee utilizing the employment-at-will doctrine policy for his benefit.
