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criminology and criminal justice
criminology
white-collar and corporate crime
business fraud and crimes
Preferred term
industrial espionage
Definition
- Industrial espionage is industrial spying, the secret gathering of proprietary information such as trade secrets to advance a business purpose. The collecting of information or intelligence is not unique to the past century, but the methods used are as unique as the information sought. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Industrial Espionage]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/industrial_espionage
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