UK CI Networking Program w/ Institute of Business Ethics

Based on feedback from its members, the authors of a new report from the Institute of Business Ethics, entitled, ‘Competitive Intelligence Gathering: Ethical challenges and good practice, will be presenting the report's main findings and general conclusions. The Institute of Business Ethics has kindly opened up the report's launch event to colleagues of SCIP.

Generating and using competitive intelligence (CI) is a key strategic activity in today's highly competitive knowledge economy. However, the practice of CI is potentially an ethical and legal minefield.

What are the ethical challenges? What can organizations do to ensure that their CI practice is in line with their ethical standards?

This new report from the IBE sets out the drivers for these challenges and examines good practice in managing them. Based on in-depth interviews with experts from a range of industries, Competitive Intelligence Gathering identifies the ethical problems that typically confront firms and other organizations engaged in CI gathering in the UK.