“Employment at Will” (EAW) is an American common-law doctrine that governs a majority of employment relationships in the private sector of the economy in the United States (www.workplacefairness.org). Indeed, the United States is the only industrialized country that has such a doctrine. In the absence of an express contract, EAW specifies the terms of the employment relationship, i.e., essentially, that there are no terms – that either the employer or the employee can change the employment relationship at any time, for any reason, for no reason, just not for a reason contrary to law. Unlike employment relationships in the private sector, employees in the public sector are guaranteed due-process procedures and protection for whistleblowing.      Keywords:    business ethics,  corporate governance,  rights