Z399: The Dark Arts: Corporate, Industrial, & Economic Espionage
Learning Outcomes
Required Books
Eamon Javers. Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy: The Secret World of Corporate Espionage. New York: HarperBusiness, 2011 ISBN: 978-0061697210
Marc Goodman. Future Crimes: Everything Is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable and What We Can Do About It. New York: Doubleday, 2015 ISBN: 978-0-385-53900-5
Assignments
Date |
Points |
Assignments |
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10 |
Attendance: be there or have a doctor’s excuse. |
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10 |
Regular participation in class discussion. If you are anxious about speaking in class, please discuss this with the instructor. |
By Dec 7 |
10 |
1) Find an example of industrial espionage, corporate espionage, or economic espionage. 2) Topics may not duplicate those studied in class or other students. 3) Have topic approved by instructor. 4) Schedule your presentation with the instructor. 5) Make a 5-10 minute presentation to the class on the selected topic sometime during the semester. |
Sep 19 |
10 |
1) Select a country performing corporate, industrial, or economic espionage on companies in the U.S. 2) Describe some of the methods used. 3) Describe the benefits of the espionage to the country performing it. 4) Describe methods that might be used by U.S. companies to prevent or deter the espionage |
Oct 17 |
15 |
1) Select a set of laws that can be exploited to protect a company’s activities in one country and still be illegal in another country. 2) Describe both laws. 3) Describe how the laws make it possible for a country or a company to flaunt the laws of other countries. 4) How could a corporate spy take advantage of the differences in jurisdiction? |
Nov 14 |
15 |
Describe how corporate, industrial, or economic espionage is a threat to U.S. national security. Provide examples |
Dec 12 |
30 |
1) Select a company. 2) Describe three types of information a competitor would like to obtain that cannot be found on the Internet. 3) Describe how you would use espionage to acquire that information. 4) Describe how you would protect against the types of espionage you describe. |
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100 |
Total points |
Schedule of Readings
Date |
Subject |
Required Readings |
Aug 22 |
Introduction |
Introduction to the class |
Aug 24 |
Competitive Intelligence |
George Chidi. “Confessions of a Corporate Spy.” Inc. February 2013 |
Aug 29 |
Stealing Pizza |
Adam L. Penenberg and Marc Barry. “The Pizza Plot.” New York Times Magazine. December 2000 |
Aug 31 |
Trade Secrets |
Foley & Lardner LLP. “The Penalties for Stealing Trade Secrets Just Became Worse.” Labor & Employment Law Perspectives. January 14, 2013 |
Sep 5 |
LABOR DAY |
No readings |
Sep 7 |
Corporate Research |
Mary Cuddehe. “A Spy in the Jungle.” The Atlantic. August 2010 |
Sep 12 |
Counterfeits & Supply Chains |
Richard Behar. “Drug Spies.” Fortune. September 1999 |
Sep 14 |
Jurisdictions |
Donald G. McNeil Jr. “Selling Cheap 'Generic' Drugs, India's Copycats Irk Industry.” New York Times. December 1, 2000 |
Sep 19 |
The Master: Kroll |
William Finnegan. “The Secret Keeper.” New Yorker. October 2009 |
Sep 21 |
History of Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter One, Code Name: Yucca |
Sep 26 |
History of Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Two, A High and Honorable Calling |
Sep 28 |
History of Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Three, For the Money |
Oct 3 |
History of Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Four, The Man Is Gone |
Oct 5 |
History of Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Five, Thug Busters |
Oct 10 |
History of Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Six, The Chocolate War |
Oct 12 |
Current Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Seven, Tactical Behavior Assessment |
Oct 17 |
Current Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Eight, The Eddie Murphy Strategy |
Oct 19 |
Current Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Nine, Nick No-Name |
Oct 24 |
Current Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Ten, They’re All Kind of Crazy |
Oct 26 |
Current Corporate Espionage |
Javers, Chapter Eleven, Is This a Great Country, or What? |
Oct 31 |
Cyberspace, the Game-changer |
Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive. “Foreign Spies Stealing U.S. Economic Secrets in Cyberspace. Report to Congress on Foreign Economic Collection and Industrial Espionage, 2009-2011.” National Counterintelligence and Security Center. October 2011 |
Nov 2 |
Making Espionage Easier |
Goodman, Prologue and Chapters 1 & 2 |
Nov 7 |
Making Espionage Easier |
Goodman, Chapters 3 & 4 |
Nov 9 |
Making Espionage Easier |
Goodman, Chapters 5 & 6 |
Nov 14 |
Making Espionage Easier |
Goodman, Chapters 7 & 8 |
Nov 16 |
Making Espionage Easier |
Goodman, Chapters 9 & 10 |
Nov 21 |
Thanksgiving Week |
No Readings |
Nov 23 |
Thanksgiving Week |
No Readings |
Nov 28 |
Making Espionage Easier |
Goodman Chapters 11 & 12 |
Nov 30 |
Making Espionage Easier |
Goodman, Chapters 13 & 14 |
Dec 5 |
Making Espionage Easier |
Goodman, Chapters 15 & 16 |
Dec 7 |
Final Class |
Goodman, Chapters 17 & 18 |
Dec 12-Dec 16 |
FINALS WEEK |
No in-class final |