John signs an agreement with Global Semiconductors. The contract obligates him
not to reveal trade secrets. This condition is timeless. John later moves to another
company—Worldwide Intelligent Chips. In the new company, he finds uses for
some ideas he conceived while working at Global Semiconductors. These ideas
were never developed into an industrial process at Global Semiconductors.
Although Global Semiconductors is not in competition with Worldwide Intelligent
Chips, John has an uneasy feeling and wonders where to draw the line between
legitimate and illegitimate use of knowledge.
Based on the above situation, perform the following tasks:
Task 1: Use the line drawing approach to resolve your dilemma. [20 points]
You can choose the following as the two extreme features/paradigms:
(a) Illegal use of Idea / Negative
(b) Keeping silent / Positive
Additionally, you can use the following as key features/issues to construct the
line drawing:
(a) Personal Gain
(b) Personal Reputation
(c) Profit of Worldwide
(d) Damage to Global
(e) Potential Problems
(f) Responsibility