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1. Schmidt v. Blue Lily Farms LLC, No. A08-1398. (Minn. Ct. App. July 21, 2009).
2. Restatement (Second) of Agency, § 394 (1958).
3. Peter Murdock, “The New Reality of Employee Loyalty,” Forbes, December 12, 2017. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2017/12/28/the-new-reality-of-employee-loyalty/#f652ce34cf35.
4. “Declining Employee Loyalty: A Casualty of the New Workplace,” Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, May 9, 2012. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/declining-employee-loyalty-a-casualty-of-the-new-workplace/.
5. “Declining Employee Loyalty: A Casualty of the New Workplace,” Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, May 9, 2012. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/declining-employee-loyalty-a-casualty-of-the-new-workplace/.
6. Flood v. Kuhn, 407 U.S. 258 (1972).
7. Crystal Spraggins, “Yes, People Really Do Quit Jobs for More Money,” PayScale, May 2015. https://www.payscale.com/compensation-today/2015/05/yes-people-really-do-quit-jobs-for-more-money.
8. “Why Employees Quit, According to New Glassdoor Economic Research,” Glassdoor, February 2, 2017. https://www.glassdoor.com/press/employees-quit-glassdoor-economic-research/.
9. “Why Employees Quit, According to New Glassdoor Economic Research,” Glassdoor, February 2, 2017. https://www.glassdoor.com/press/employees-quit-glassdoor-economic-research/.
10. Rob Rogers, “Retention Compensation Plans—Please Stay! A Successful Retention Pay Strategy Isn’t Merely a Giveaway for Tenure,” Society for Human Resource Management, February 26, 2015. https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/compensation/pages/retention-compensation-plans.aspx.
11. Office of Economic Policy, U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, “Non-Compete Contracts: Economic Effects and Policy Implications,” March 2016. https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/economic-policy/Documents/UST%20Non-competes%20Report.pdf.
12. “New California Noncompete Law,” The NonCompete Center. http://californianoncompete.com/ (accessed February 19, 2018).
13. Reuters, “Jimmy John’s Will Stop Making Low-Wage Employees Sign Non-Compete Agreements,” Fortune, June 22, 2016. http://fortune.com/2016/06/22/jimmy-johns-non-compete-agreements/.
14. Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois, “Madigan Sues Jimmy John’s for Imposing Unlawful Non-Compete Agreements on Sandwich Makers and Delivery Drivers,” June 8, 2016. http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/pressroom/2016_06/20160608.html.
15. Marilyn Nagel, “How Are Your Employees Affecting Your Brand?” Huffington Post, September 23, 2013. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/marilyn-nagel/employee-engagement_b_3956204.html.
16. Jill Larsen, “Cisco’s Employer Brand Puts Employees First,” Cisco, December 12, 2016. https://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1809254.
17. “Taco Bell Worker Appears to Be Licking a Bunch of Taco Shells in This Facebook Picture,” Huffington Post, June 3, 2013. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/03/taco-bell-worker-licking_n_3377709.html; “Domino’s Workers Disgusting YouTube Video: Spitting, Nose-Picking and Worse,” Huffington Post, April 14, 2009. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/dominos-workers-disgustin_n_186908.html.
18. Colin Mitchell, “Selling the Brand Inside,” Harvard Business Review, January 2002. https://hbr.org/2002/01/selling-the-brand-inside.
19. Brenna Kelly, “Augusta Schools Custodian Kathy Fryman Takes Care of Building and the People Inside; Gets Fred Award,” Northern Kentucky Tribune, September 23, 2017. http://www.nkytribune.com/2017/09/augusta-schools-custodian-kathy-fryman-takes-care-of-building-and-the-people-inside-gets-fred-award/.
20. LOCKARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PIZZA HUT, INC., a corporation, doing business as Pizza Hut; A & M Food Services, Inc., a corporation, doing business as Pizza Hut, Defendants-Appellants. US Ct. App. Tenth Circuit (1998).
21. Robin Lindsay and Barbara Marcolini, “YouTube Shooting: Woman Wounds 3 Before Killing Herself, Police Say,” New York Times, April 3, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/youtube-shooting.html.
22. “4 Types of Workplace Violence: What’s Your Greatest Risk?” Safety.BLR.com, December 23, 2015. https://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/emergency-planning-and-response/violence-in-workplace/4-Types-of-Workplace-Violence-Whats-Your-Greatest-/.
23. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Table A-6. Fatal Occupational Injuries Resulting from Transportation Incidents and Homicides, United States, 2014.” https://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cftb0291.pdf (accessed July 14, 2018).
24. Some phrasing borrowed from U.S. government standards: U.S. Department of State, “Sexual Harassment Policy.” https://www.state.gov/s/ocr/c14800.htm (accessed March 1, 2018).
25. SEC v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co., 401 F. 2d 833 (2d Cir. 1968).
26. Andrew Beattie, “Top 4 Most Scandalous Insider Trading Debacles,” Investopedia, August 22, 2017. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/stocks/09/insider-trading.asp#ixzz56LjMgfhQ.
27. For information on rules on gifts in the federal government, see: Code of Federal Regulations, 5 CFR 2635 201–205 and 301–304, 81 FR 48687 (August 2016).
28. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1, et seq. (1977).
29. “SEC Enforcement Actions: FCPA Cases,” U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/fcpa/fcpa-cases.shtml (accessed April 23, 2018).
30. “SEC Enforcement Actions: FCPA Cases,” U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/fcpa/fcpa-cases.shtml (accessed April 23, 2018).
31. Stan Abrams, “The ‘FCPA Is Bad for Business’ Argument and the Reality of China FDI,” Business Insider, August 3, 2012. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-fcpa-is-bad-for-business-argument-and-the-reality-of-china-fdi-2012-8.
32. Women’s Bureau, “Pay Secrecy Fact Sheet,” U.S. Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau, August 2014. https://www.dol.gov/wb/media/pay_secrecy.pdf.
33. Kurt Stanberry and Forrest Aven, “Employer Restrictions on Salary Discussions among Employees: The Changing Landscape,” World at Work Journal 23, no. 1 (2014).
34. Labor Law News Blog, “Can Employees Discuss Pay and Salaries?” GovDocs, April 23, 2014. https://www.govdocs.com/can-employees-discuss-pay-salaries/.
35. Erin Mulvaney, “An Employee Spoke Out on Glassdoor. Now the EEOC Is Suing His Company,” BenefitsPRO, August 6, 2017. http://www.benefitspro.com/2017/06/08/an-employee-spoke-out-on-glassdoor-now-the-eeoc-is?page_all=1&slreturn=1517773094.
36. Erin Mulvaney, “An Employee Spoke Out on Glassdoor. Now the EEOC Is Suing His Company,” BenefitsPRO, August 6, 2017. http://www.benefitspro.com/2017/06/08/an-employee-spoke-out-on-glassdoor-now-the-eeoc-is?page_all=1&slreturn=1517773094.
37. Erin Mulvaney, “An Employee Spoke Out on Glassdoor. Now the EEOC Is Suing His Company,” BenefitsPRO, August 6, 2017. http://www.benefitspro.com/2017/06/08/an-employee-spoke-out-on-glassdoor-now-the-eeoc-is?page_all=1&slreturn=1517773094.
38. Alan Farnham, “7 Richest Snitches: Time to Rat Out Your Boss?” ABC News, September 17, 2012. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/biggest-whistleblower-rewards/story?id=17222028.
39. Alan Farnham, “7 Richest Snitches: Time to Rat Out Your Boss?” ABC News, September 17, 2012. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/biggest-whistleblower-rewards/story?id=17222028.
40. Shaheen Pasha, “Enron’s Whistle Blower Details Sinking Ship,” CNN Money, March 16, 2006. http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/15/news/newsmakers/enron/.
41. Sallie Krawcheck, “When to Risk Your Career for Ethical Reasons,” Fast Company, January 1, 2017. https://www.fastcompany.com/3067239/when-to-risk-your-career-for-ethical-reasons.
42. Sallie Krawcheck, “When to Risk Your Career for Ethical Reasons,” Fast Company, January 1, 2017. https://www.fastcompany.com/3067239/when-to-risk-your-career-for-ethical-reasons.
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