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Assessment Task No. 7

This document appears to be an assessment task from a computer engineering student at the University of Rizal System in Morong, Rizal, Philippines. The task asks the student to determine if an employee named Faye is guilty of defamation for sending an email to their superior accusing the president of the employee union of planning to commit arson. The student responds that Faye is not guilty of slander since the accusation was in writing, but is guilty of libel according to the relevant articles of the Philippine Revised Penal Code since email is considered a written form of communication.

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Assessment Task No. 7

This document appears to be an assessment task from a computer engineering student at the University of Rizal System in Morong, Rizal, Philippines. The task asks the student to determine if an employee named Faye is guilty of defamation for sending an email to their superior accusing the president of the employee union of planning to commit arson. The student responds that Faye is not guilty of slander since the accusation was in writing, but is guilty of libel according to the relevant articles of the Philippine Revised Penal Code since email is considered a written form of communication.

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM


MORONG, RIZAL
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
B. S. Computer Engineering Program
Science and Technology Bldg., URS Morong Campus, J. Sumulong St. Brgy. San Juan, Morong, Rizal, 1960

NAME: __VISTA, FRANCIS DANIEL B. ___ SECTION: __4CPE-A__ DATE: _FEBRUARY 20,2022_

ASSESSMENT TASK No. 7

Faye, one of the employee of TABAKO Corp. informed his superior


through an e-mail message that Seano, President of the Employees Union is
planning to commit Arson by burning the warehouse where important equipment
and supplies were stored. Seano filed a defamation case against Faye. Do
you think Faye is guilty of defamation? Why or Why not?

Based from the acts that Faye committed, she is ineligible to be


guilty of Oral Defamation or Slander since her actions are based by writing
which according to the Art.358 of the Revised Penal Code that Oral
Defamation or Slander is libel committed by oral (spoken) means, instead of
in writing.
Nevertheless, Faye should be guilty of Libel by means of writings or
similar means according to the Art.355 of the Revised Penal Code since her
acts are by email message which considered to be writing.

CpE 12 Ethics, Contracts and Obligations


FREDELINA F. DE LEON, MA Ed.

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