User talk:Rompe/Corporate Espionage

=Corporate espianoge= Corporate espionage is a phrase used when one company steals sensitive information from another. This can make the difference between success and failure; if a trade secret is stolen, the competitive playing field is levelled or even tipped in favor of a competitor.

Although a lot of information gathering is accomplished by combing through public records (public databases and patent filings), at times corporations feel the best way to get information is to take it. Corporate espionage is a threat to any business whose livelihood depends on information. The information competitors seek may be client lists, supplier agreements, personnel records, research documents, or prototype plans for a new product or service.

In recent years, corporate espionage has taken on an expanded definition. For instance, attempts to sabotage a corporation may be considered corporate espionage; in this sense, the term takes on the wider connotations of its parent word. In some cases, spyware has even entered the arsenal of the warfare known as corporate espionage.

In popular culture
In the film Batman, Jack Napier is sent to destroy evidence prior to a police raid, being told it will look instead like corporate espionage.