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How Competitive Intelligence Rules Encourage Cheating

Harvard Business Review

Yet when it comes to lower-level employees responsible for gathering competitive intelligence, those same lawyers impose Draconian rules that prevent employees from speaking with a competitor directly, or even engaging a third party to speak with a competitor on their behalf.

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Case Study: Follow Dubious Orders or Speak Up?

Harvard Business Review

Mr. Moon (as Susan had been told to call him by her half-Korean father, Don) was the Seoul office manager of Zantech, a technology security firm with headquarters in Amsterdam. “When I saw him speak, he talked about how important ethics were in this field.” ” “I’m sure he has bigger fish to fry than this.