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You work in sales and are friendly with a sales representative who works for one of your employer's competitors. Your children are in the same class at school, so you see each other frequently. While watching a Saturday soccer game, you talk about a new sales promotion that your company plans to offer. Is it ethical to have such a conversation? Is it legal? Should it matter whether the promotion is the subject of an advertisement in the trade magazines?

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