27. Which of the following is true of competitor intelligence as a means of environmental scanning?
(A) The Economic Espionage Act makes it a crime in the United States to engage in competitor
intelligence.
(B) It is unethical to use competitor intelligence to make strategic business decisions.
(C) Buying competitors' products and asking their own employees to evaluate them to learn
about new technical innovations is an example of the unethical practices followed in
competitor intelligence.
(D) Competitor intelligence is ethical if competitor-related information is collected from sources
accessible and available to the public