Several years ago I went to work for a medical non-profit organization in my area.  The day before I began work the local newspaper broke a front page story about serious financial improprieties in this organization.  I kept an open mind however and at first things were fine working there, but little by little I was asked to ' fudge' on reports I had to make.  After I' d been there awhile my supervisor asked me to sign off on a document that I knew to be blatantly untrue.  I refused, explaining why, and when I did the supervisor flew into a rage.  I was told I would sign the document on the spot or I would be fired immediately.  I didn' t have time to consider options in depth and since the only options I' d been given were to sign a document that at best was morally wrong and at worst could have legal implications for me or let myself be fired in a way in which my supervisor could say I' d been terminated for not following instructions I came up with my own option. I sat down at my supervisor’s desk and used his computer to type out an immediate resignation spelling out why I was resigning; gave it to him, cleared out my desk and left.

I found a new job in a few weeks and have been here many good years, but have decided it is time to move on. On applications I have filled out, in the Reason for leaving, question for the job I resigned from I have been putting something like “Resigned because I was uncomfortable with company’s record keeping practices.” I’m concerned though that such a statement, while true, may put me in a negative light with prospective employers. On the other hand, if I put something more vague my former supervisor is capable of telling them anything if they call him for references. Any opinions on which way I should go?