Research On The Improper Competitive Intelligence Behaviors And The Related Countermeasures

In the age of information, the intelligence consciousness and intelligence ability of enterprise have advanced increasingly. The significance of CI have become the key factor for competition increasingly. But along with the competition is getting tough, different forms of improper information activities have appeared gradually and have disturbed the economic orders .Therefore, to find out the difference of CI from improper information activity and to reaffirm the legitimacy and rationality of CI is helpful to not only it radically reform, but also it firming the root and foster the source. To research the countermeasures about improper information activity is helpful to enhance the competitor's immunological competence for the competition of intelligence.It should be abided by the relevant laws to judge the competition intelligence behavior is right or wrong, not based on the moral standard claimed by oneself. The improper competitive intelligence behaviors have these characteristics: illegal, social hazard and diverse methods. The improper competitive intelligence behaviors are manifested in the means of access to information, mainly including: gathering intelligence by eavesdropping and intercepting communications network; gathering intelligence by use of the chance of business inspection or visit; stealing the technical information of mission staff; gathering intelligence by bribing the Internal personnel; swindling intelligence by signing the beneficial contract as bait; gathering intelligence by infiltrating into the enterprise interior; buying the internal personnel stealing intelligence; gathering intelligence by means of tempts and forces; stealing and analyzing economic information through Internet; and so on.The commercial competition means is flexible and diverse, but "fair", "honesty" and "winning" should become the basic moral standard to judge the commercial competition methods, which should also become the basic moral criterion of enterprise's competitive intelligence behaviors. Therefore, when carried out acts of defensive improper competitive intelligence, the enterprises must take these moral criteria as the datum, grasp the initiative of defensive improper competitive intelligence behaviors, and take corresponding measures from technical, legal, humanities, system, personnel and the public opinion.