disclosure of private information
@shiela15 (286)
Australia
January 29, 2007 4:28am CST
This is a situational question.
If you were in a situation that you recently accepted a job with a young, vigorous microcomputer manufacturer engaged in intense competition to become the first to market a software package utilizing the English language. Thus the average customer could easily use the software. Your former employer is rumored to be the leader in this field. Your new employer led you to believe that you had been hired because of your management potential. The first morning of your third week on the new job, you received the following memo from the company president: Please meet me tomorrow morning at my office at 8:15 for the purpose of discussing the developments your former emplyer has made in microcomputer software."
Would you give your new employer the information? What are the reasons of your choice?
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@g_aileen09 (1354)
• Philippines
29 Jan 07
Usually, employees who hold confidential information, especially those employed by companies under the the manufacturing sector, once they get separated from the employer has to sign an agreement in this regard. It is not only unethical, but it speaks more of legalities. Once you agree to disclose confidential information to a third party would render you liable, (breach of whatever)
It's either you divulge a secret or you get out of the company and go job-hunting again. Between two evils, I'd rather say that you choose the lesser evil.
@g_aileen09 (1354)
• Philippines
30 Jan 07
I would rather say rule out utilitarianism in this situation... for it may be sees as just plain SOP. This is done to preserve trade secrets.
