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Organizational Ethics and Corporate Responsibility

For the Unit VIII Case Study, research specific intellectual property theft incidents as well as standards and guidelines to prevent intellectual property theft.


Choose two specific incidents of intellectual property theft from your research. Each incident must have occurred within the last 5 years.

  • Your specific incidents may range from patent infringement and corporate espionage to theft by cyberattack or even theft of information by a disgruntled employee.

  • At least one incident must involve a company doing business internationally.

  • When choosing your incidents, be sure that enough information is available to meet the assignment requirements.


Specifically, include the following details for both incidents:

  • a brief description of the selected case of intellectual property theft,

  • a discussion of the existing security protocols in the organization prior to the event, 

  • an analysis of the organization’s response and changes made after the incident, and

  • a discussion of the legal and ethical issues involved in the security breach. 


The completed case study should be a minimum of four pages, not counting the title page and references page. Find a minimum of four journal articles as your foundational sources for this assignment, citing the articles to support your discussion. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.