Good afternoon,
I am a manager at an off-campus college textbook store (very small local business). Often times there are professors for the university we cater towards that require custom-made copy-written material for their courses. One such professor, the copyright holder, do not allow our location to stock and sell her material. However, my store's owner (my boss) instructed me to obtain a quote for this professor's material from the third-party business that produces the material. We successfully received a quote and an order was placed for copies. I then received, via my work email, an email from the professor exclaiming her disappointment that the third-party company would go behind her back and sell he her copy-written material.
It is at this point that my boss began (unbeknownst to me until he decided to inform me, mind you) to have an email conversation with the copyright holder using my email address and signing my name to the bottom of said emails. Now the copyright holder is threatening legal action and I am afraid that my boss has thrown me under the bus to keep him from being liable of any legal issues.
I have confronted my employer (with a witness present) about impersonating me and have made it known that I am not comfortable with how this has played out thus far. I have also managed to get him to admit to signing my name to said emails via a text message. I am open to any advise that can help me clear my name of any involvement. I am currently reliant on this job to cover my living costs and bills, so I am kind of stuck in a hairy situation. Any advice is certainly appreciated.
-Best
I am a manager at an off-campus college textbook store (very small local business). Often times there are professors for the university we cater towards that require custom-made copy-written material for their courses. One such professor, the copyright holder, do not allow our location to stock and sell her material. However, my store's owner (my boss) instructed me to obtain a quote for this professor's material from the third-party business that produces the material. We successfully received a quote and an order was placed for copies. I then received, via my work email, an email from the professor exclaiming her disappointment that the third-party company would go behind her back and sell he her copy-written material.
It is at this point that my boss began (unbeknownst to me until he decided to inform me, mind you) to have an email conversation with the copyright holder using my email address and signing my name to the bottom of said emails. Now the copyright holder is threatening legal action and I am afraid that my boss has thrown me under the bus to keep him from being liable of any legal issues.
I have confronted my employer (with a witness present) about impersonating me and have made it known that I am not comfortable with how this has played out thus far. I have also managed to get him to admit to signing my name to said emails via a text message. I am open to any advise that can help me clear my name of any involvement. I am currently reliant on this job to cover my living costs and bills, so I am kind of stuck in a hairy situation. Any advice is certainly appreciated.
-Best
Defamation: Employer is Impersonating Me Via My Work Email, Possibly Landing Me in Legal Trouble
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