An employee was fired from XYZ Corporation.The disgruntled employee saught revenge against his manager whom he believed was responsible for the termination. To exact revenge, the employee spoofed his email address to match that of his manager and sent an email to a competitor of XYUZ, STU Corporation. This email informed STU Corporation that the manager has stolen trade secrets from XYZ Corporation that he was willing to sell for $500K. Instead of replying to the sender of the email, STU Corporation forwarded the email to its legal department. The legal department after reviewing the email contacted the legal department of XYZ Corporation. Senior executives were subsequently notified of the incident. Without conducting a formal investigation of the matter, the manager, whom they believed sent the email was terminated.
1. Which issue may arise as a result of employee’s termination?
2. What would you have done differently?
3. Provide a step-by step breakdown of how the investigation of the incident should have been conducted?
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