I wanted to see what kind of promotions they were sending to their customers. Is there anything illegal about doing that? I want to tell my boss, but I don’t want him to get mad at me over it.
Is this wrong/illegal? I work for one company and signed up for newsletters from a competitor?
I wanted to see what kind of promotions they were sending to their customers. Is there anything illegal about doing that? I want to tell my boss, but I don’t want him to get mad at me over it.
5 Responses
April 25th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
if it is for research purposes you should tell your boss that you have been working on a project… if it is for personal use, don’t say anything! they could consider you disloyal and fire you. always CYA!
April 27th, 2009 at 8:45 am
It is good business to keep tabs on the competition.
April 28th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
If it’s a public newsletter, it shouldn’t be a problem.
It it’s intended only for customers and vendors, it borders on being an ethical issue.Then I wouldn’t do it.
May 1st, 2009 at 2:45 am
Not at all… It’s good business sense to keep an eye on what your competitors are doing.
May 2nd, 2009 at 5:41 pm
That is no more illegal than reading something in the newspaper about your competitor. I admire your ethical concerns, though. Your competitor is offering the information to the public. You are the public.