S?ES ? 24 X 7 TECHNICAL supPORT ? Discussion #5: Competition-based Planning Competition-Based Planning-Promotion or Payoff? Please read page 279-280, then discuss the ethical dilemma Ethical dilemma Republic Communications Corporation (RCC) has offered you an attractive position in its financial planning division The new postion would constuce promotion with a $30,000 increase in salary compared to the job you now have at National Telecommunications, Inc (NTI) The problem is thar RCC wants you to bring the rate-setting software you developed at NTI, along with some rate data, with you to the new job. Even though NTI sols ts sofeare to other companies and information concerning telephone rates is available to the public, you know that such knowledge vell holp RCC sgnicanty n ts atept o redesign its rate-setting system. In fact, according to the situation presented in the text , a new and improved rate-setting program could be worth as much with you to your new ?s proprietary to NTI as $200 milion per year for RCC. Therefore, the question is whether the intormaton RCC wantsi you to tak Should the rate-setting program and the rate data be considered NTI's privileged information? Discussion questions: . What is the ethical dilemma? . Should you take the new job? If so, should you take the rate-setting program and the cate data with you to ACC? . What should RCC do? Add a new discussion topic