The role of ethics in gathering corporate intelligence
This paper analyzes business people's attitudes towards the tactics used for gathering competitive corporate intelligence both within their own and their competitors' corporations. Business people in large corporations are highly motivated to gather such intelligence. Their attitudes towar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1988
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 1988, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 199-203 |
| Further subjects: | B
Large Corporation
B Corporate Culture B Specific Practice B Popular Technique B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | This paper analyzes business people's attitudes towards the tactics used for gathering competitive corporate intelligence both within their own and their competitors' corporations. Business people in large corporations are highly motivated to gather such intelligence. Their attitudes towards the ethicality of specific practices, however, are influenced by the corporate culture, their perceived effectiveness of the techniques, and their perception of the competitors' tactics. Interestingly enough, the most popular technique for securing information is socializing with competitors in nonbusiness settings. Business people generally view their competitors negatively, believing that they go to much further lengths than does their own corporation in gathering competitive intelligence. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00381868 |