The purpose of the writing assignment is to assess each students ability to read a case or statute and extrapolate the legal and ethical principles discussed and expounded therein and apply those principles to factual situations. Many of these dilemmas manifest themselves in the execution of a non-compete agreement, and in the terms of the non-compete agreement. You will need to find two Florida Court opinions regarding non-compete agreements. For each case, you must provide the following: 1) a brief recitation of the facts of the case, indicating the identities of the parties, their relationship; 2) a brief recitation of the issue(s) considered by the court or governing body as it concerns the non-compete agreement considered; 3) a summary of the courts decision on the issue and the reason why the court came to this decision; and 4) a discussion of the ethical issues involved. The court may not itself consider the ethics of the relationship between employer and employee. However, I ask that you consider the ethics of the following: a) did the employee violate the non-compete agreement? b) was it ethical for the employee to do so? c) did the non-compete agreement exceed the scope allowable by law? d)was it ethical for the employer to ask for the non-compete agreement in question? For each case you are citing, you will need to provide me with a case citation, as well as the source for your case, whether it be a legal text, a website, or some other source. This assignment must be at least 1,000 words long, but may not exceed 2,000 words. Each student must turn in their own assignment. This is not a group assignment.
