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ARTICLE · 26 OCTOBER 2015

Unreliability - Reason For Dismissal?

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Dr. Hans-Joachim Fritz and Hartmut T. Renz recently published "Unreliability—Reason for Dismissal?: The Impact of Off-Duty Behavior on Compliance Related Responsibilities."

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Dr. Hans-Joachim Fritz and Hartmut T. Renz recently published "Unreliability—Reason for Dismissal?: The Impact of Off-Duty Behavior on Compliance Related Responsibilities."

The article was originally published in German as Unzuverlässigkeit als Kündigungsgrund? – Einfluss außerdienstlichen Verhaltens auf compliancerelevante Pflichten" in Corporate Compliance Magazine (CCZ, Edition 5/2015, p. 229).

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