2007-11-28 08:01:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Definitely - you have a choice to do it or not
2007-11-28 08:05:05 · answer #1 · answered by mlvue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but your employer is as well, but also under threat of being charged with forcing you to, if that's the case. If he/she says if you don't do this then you are sacked, then that is accountable as blackmail, which is illegal. If he lies about why he wants it done, that is technically deception, which is also illegal as far as i know. It all rests on whether you know it's illegal.
2007-11-28 16:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by David 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if your employer is a corporation. If this is the case, you alone are responsible for breaking the law. Thank Reagan and the republicans for that one.
This especially applies to EPA violations. Corporations are immune from prosecution, but employees are not. Go after the little guy and leave the big guys alone.
2007-11-28 16:08:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well depends.
If you know that what you are doing is illegal -- then yes.
But suppose your employer asks you deliver a sealed packages. You do so, but package turns out to have drugs -- you are not guilty if you did not know the contents of the package.
2007-11-28 16:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely, you cannot use that as an excuse for committng a crime. You CAN sue your employer though if he punishes you for NOT doing something illegal he told you to do.
2007-11-28 17:32:55 · answer #5 · answered by theseeker4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I should think so. After all he or she is "telling" you it is illegal. If you are ever called up to court to testify, they will tell you to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so either you lie and will be committing perjury in the process. Or you tell the truth, which so happens admitting to knowing that what you were doing is illegal.
2007-11-28 16:15:09 · answer #6 · answered by news-n-more-news 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps even more so if your employer denies telling you to do it and you have no proof that he told you to do it.
2007-11-28 16:09:09 · answer #7 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
"Ve vere only obeyink das orders" didn't work at Nuremburg, and it won't work in a US criminal trial either.
Richard
2007-11-28 16:04:14 · answer #8 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who actually broke the law here?
2007-11-28 16:07:59 · answer #9 · answered by wizjp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most definitely so. The question is, why would you even consider doing it?
2007-11-28 16:06:04 · answer #10 · answered by desotobrave 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋