Which of the Following Represents a Competitive Intelligence Practice That

question 153

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents a competitive intelligence practice that is both legal and ethical?

• A) A firm hires a competitor's employee and asks that employee to share the names and addresses of business contacts from his/her previous job.
• B) An executive attends a trade show solely to obtain a competitor's brochures, listen to sales pitches, and ask questions about the competitor's products.
• C) A city council member shares information about the decision process for selecting a contractor to build a new library wing with his wife, an executive with a construction firm bidding on the contract.
• D) A marketing manager at Smith-Phillips, Inc., sells confidential plans for the company's expansion into the Far East to a firm that is not a direct competitor.

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Definitions:

Pubertal Hormones

Hormones that are involved in the physical and sexual development that occurs during puberty.

Organizing Effects

Influences that structure or arrange psychological or physiological traits in a systematic way, often seen in the context of development.

Pruning Effects

The neurological process in which unused neural connections in the brain are eliminated to make room for new, more efficient pathways, especially significant during adolescence.

Lateralization Effects

The differing functions or activities of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.