A software engineer discovers that a colleague has been downloading restricted files that contain trade secrets about a new product that the...

A software engineer discovers that a colleague has been

downloading restricted files that contain trade secrets about a

new product that the colleague is not personally involved with. He

knows the colleague has been having financial problems, and he

fears the colleague is planning to sell the secrets or perhaps leave

the company and use them in starting up his own company. Company

policy requires him to inform his supervisor, but the colleague

is a close friend. Should he first talk with the friend about what he

is doing, or should he immediately inform his supervisor