Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
competitive intelligence, ethics, industrial espionage, Freedom of Information Act
College
Marriott School of Management
Department
Management
Abstract
Competitive intelligence is a systematic and ethical program for gathering and analyzing information about your competitor’s activities and general business trends to further your own company’s goals1. When practiced responsibly it’s legal and ethical, although some companies have been known to participate in disreputable activities such as: stealing information, wiretapping phones, and burglarizing offices, among other activities – entering the more shadier realms of industrial espionage.
Recommended Citation
Greene, Andrew Apcar; Swenson, Dr. Michael J.; and Dishman, Dr. Paul
(2014)
"Competitive Intelligence Methodologies and Ethics,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 1009.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1009