Comments on: What if you come across juicy competitor information?

By: John Darby

John Darby — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:28:39 +0000

Years ago I worked for a CEO who, when he found out that two people in Marketing had set up a fake consulting company to obtain competitor information, immediately ordered that all information gathered be destroyed, the fake consulting operation shut down, and both participants coached. His reaction immediately set the tone for what kind of company we were. We don’t publicly talk ethics and privately blur the lines, we walk the walk. Great lesson to all of us, and it immensely raised my morale as an employee and respect for that CEO.

By: Jim Jaime Edwards

Jim Jaime Edwards — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 08:44:52 +0000

It is just your soul to be lost, an ethical line to be crossed, a potential criminal law to be broken, a civil law suit to be received – all for an arbitrary little – questionable business advantage to be won. There is another way to learn of competitors and many other ways to affirm a winning strategy for one’s enterprise.

By: Terence Ronson

Terence Ronson — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:04:06 +0000

Great post. I’m often in the same dilemma and end up head scratching. Ethics rule!