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HRCI PHR Exam - Topic 3 Question 20 Discussion

Actual exam question for HRCI's PHR exam
Question #: 20
Topic #: 3
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Frank is an employee at the HBF Corporation, and he has recently been terminated because of poor company income. Frank visits the company's blog and saw a comment from his manager, which says, "We had to let Frank go today because he kept screwing up sales order. He's incompetent!" This is an example of which one of the following?

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Suggested Answer: C

Defamation in writing is an example of a libel.

Answer option D is incorrect. Freedom of speech does have provisions, but in this case Frank was released because of poor company income, and not for being incompetent. This is an example of a libel.

Answer option B is incorrect. Slander is defamation through the spoken words.

Answer option A is incorrect. Frank was terminated for poor company income, and not for screwing up sales orders.


by Marti at May 09, 2022, 06:32 PM

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Matthew
4 months ago
I’m surprised the manager would post that online!
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Anna
4 months ago
Sounds like termination evidence to me, not slander.
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Ellsworth
4 months ago
Wait, is it really libel if it's true?
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Tom
4 months ago
Totally agree, that comment is crossing a line!
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Scarlet
5 months ago
That's definitely libel, calling someone incompetent publicly.
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Latonia
5 months ago
I feel like this is definitely related to termination evidence, but the comment from the manager seems more like slander or libel.
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Kerrie
5 months ago
I'm really uncertain about this one. Is it slander or libel? I thought both were about damaging someone's reputation.
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Freida
5 months ago
I remember practicing a question about defamation, and I think this could be libel because it was written on a blog.
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Tran
5 months ago
I think this might be slander since it's a spoken comment that damages Frank's reputation, right? But I'm not entirely sure.
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Ruby
5 months ago
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Scarlet
5 months ago
I'm a little confused by the options. Shouldn't the Development Team be more focused on planning and analysis in the first Sprint, rather than full-on development? I'm leaning towards options A and B, but I'm not totally sure.
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Paris
5 months ago
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Gary
5 months ago
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