Date

Points

Assignments

10

Attendance: be there or have a doctor’s excuse.

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.

100

Total points

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