Spooky Business : Corporate Espionage Against Nonprofit Organizations
Many different types of nonprofits have been targeted with espionage, including
environmental, anti
war, public interest, consumer, food safety, pesticide reform, nursing
home reform, gun control, social justice, animal rights and arms control groups."
Corporate espionage against nonprofit organizations presents a threat to democracy and to
individual privacy. Democracy cannot function without an effective civil society. But civil
society and its nonprofit organizations depend crucially on their ability to keep some ideas,
information, and conversations private."
Individual citizens and groups do not lose their right to privacy merely because they
disagree with the activities or ideas of a corporation. The right to privacy dovetails with
our First Amendment rights to speech, public debate, and full participation in the
“marketplace of ideas.” It is especially unjust that corporations sabotage Americans’
fundamental rights through actions that are unethical or illegal."
http://www.corporatepolicy.org/spookybusiness.pdf
