Download - Janice Mapolon.docx
7/21/2019 Janice Mapolon.docx
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/janice-mapolondocx 1/4
Janice Mapolon bsis-3A
Oracle Monitors Microsoft
Silicon Valley is no stranger to covert corporate
maneuvering and espionage. In 2000, arry !llison, t"e
"ead o# $racle, soug"t to e%pose rival Microso#t&s #unding
o# various public interest groups. $racle called its
decision to "ire a detective agency a 'public service.( In
its attempt to uncover )nancial lin*s bet+een Microso#t
and its alleged independent allies, t"e detective agency Investigative roup International -is said to "ave bribed
t"e cleaning sta to get t"eir "ands on documents. It also
attempted to buy t"e o/ce tras" o# a pro-Microso#t
advocacy group. "ile t"ese tactics crossed an et"ical
line, most e%ecutives at ot"er investigative )rms said no
7/21/2019 Janice Mapolon.docx
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/janice-mapolondocx 2/4
legal lines +ere crossed.
REYANN BAUTISTA
BSIS-3A
Hewlett-Packard Steals fro Itself
1ig 1rot"er is +atc"ing. And apparently so is e+lett-
ac*ard. In 2004, in an attempt to #erret out t"e source o#
boardroom lea*s, e+lett-ac*ard +ent Tinker, Tailor,
Soldier, Spy and snooped on its directors, reporters, and
employees. 5"e company, t"e largest 6.S. personal
computer and printer manu#acturer at t"e time, si#ted
t"roug" garbage, set up surveillance, planted spies, and
"ired investigators +"o posed as company directors and
reporters in order to obtain p"one records.
7/21/2019 Janice Mapolon.docx
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/janice-mapolondocx 3/4
board 7"air+oman atricia 8unn, +"o is believed to
"ave approved t"e spying, and a do9en top o/cials +ere
)red. In t"e end, paid :;<.= million to settle an
investigation by 7ali#ornia&s attorney general, :4.3 millionto settle s"are"older&s la+suits, as +ell as an undisclosed
amount to >ournalists at The New York Times.
JA?I7! M$I?A
1SIS-3A
Ste!en "o#is $a!is T%ie!es &illette's Ra(or$esi)n
Steven ouis 8avis +as an engineer at rig"t Industries,
a company illette contracted to assist +it" t"e
development o# its ne%t generation s"aver system. In
;@@, 8avis #a%ed and emailed dra+ings o# illette&s ne+
ra9or to rival companies arner ambert, 1ic, and
7/21/2019 Janice Mapolon.docx
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/janice-mapolondocx 4/4
American Sa#ety Ba9or. As #a%es and emails are not t"e
most sop"isticatedly covert +ays to divulge trade secrets,
8avis pled guilty to t"e#t and +ire #raud and, in ;@@C, +as
sentenced to 2 mont"s in prison. 8avis admitted t"at "estole t"e in#ormation because "e +as angry +it" "is boss.