A few months ago, Kim Darby, financial manager of Republic Communications Corporation (RCC), contacted you about a job opening in the financial planning division of the company. RCC is a well-established firm that has offered long-distance phone service in the United States for more than three decades. Recent deregulation in the telecommunications industry has RCC concerned because competition has increased significantly: today, many more firms offer long-distance services than did so five years ago. In fact, RCC has seen its profits decline along with market share since deregulation began. Kim indicated that RCC wants to reverse this trend by improving the companys planning function so that long-distance rates can be set to better attract and keep customers in the future. According to her, that is the reason she contacted you. When she first called, Kim told you RCC would like to hire you because you are one of the up-and-comers in the telecommunications industry. You have worked at National Telecommunications, Inc. (NTI), one of RCCs fiercest competitors, since you graduated from college four years ago, helping to develop its rate-setting program, which many consider the best in the industry. Taking the position at RCC would be comparable to current position at NTI. After interviewing with RCC and talking to friends and family, a couple of days ago you informally accepted the job at RCC. You have not yet notified NTI of your decision, however earlier today, Kim called to see if you could start your new position in a few weeks. RCC would like you to begin work as soon as possible because it wants to redesign its rate-setting plan in an effort to regain market share. During the conversation, Kim mentioned that it would be helpful if you could bring NTIs rate-setting program and some rate-setting information with you to your new jobit will help RCC rewrite its rate-setting program. In an attempt to allay any reservations you might have, Kim told you that NTI sells its software to other companies and any rate-setting information is available to the public through states public service commissions, so every thing you bring is already well known in the industry and should be considered in the public domain. According to Kim, RCC will not copy the rate-setting program. Her attitude is, What is wrong with taking a look at it as long as we dont copy the program? If you provide RCC with NTIs rate-setting program, you know it will help the company to plan better, and better planning will lead to increased market share and higher stock prices. An improved rate-setting plan might net RCC as much as $200 million each year, and RCC has a very generous bonus system to reward employees who help the company improve its market position. If you do not provide the software, you might start your new job off on the wrong foot. Questions: Is there a conflict between moral and legal principles, what is the best solution for such a conflict? What should you do in this situation?