A friend of mine who recently graduated from college came across a situation at work that has put her into a moral conundrum. Her employer/the owner of the small company (5-7 in house employees, plus a number of sales reps) she works at is expecting her, as well as other employees, to do homework for his children. This homework ranges from junior high level work to college level research papers. He also tells the employees that they will be held responsible if the kids get a bad grade on the work that they do. My friend has serious problems with this, and it been causing her lots of stress outside of work as well. This is in addition to other somewhat questionable decisions that have been made by this owner as well before she started working there.

The obvious goal would be to find a new job and get out of there are fast as possible. However, that may not be possible before the homework starts to affect her recommendations from the company.

How should someone who finds themself in a situation where an employer expects them to do something against their conscience, but not totally illegal, handle the situation? Can she refuse to do the work, then take legal action if she is released because of it?