This is your first week in your new job at Safety Zone, aleading producer of IT modeling software. Your prior experiencewith a smaller competitor gave you an edge in landing the job, andyou are excited about joining a larger company in the samefield.

So far, all is going well and you are getting used to the newroutine. However, you are concerned about one issue. In yourinitial meeting with the IT manager, she seemed very interested inthe details of your prior position, and some of her questions madeyou a little uncomfortable. She did not actually ask you to revealany proprietary information, but she made it clear that Safety Zonelikes to know as much as possible about its competitors.

Thinking about it some more, you try to draw a line betweeninformation that is OK to discuss, and topics such as softwarespecifics or strategy that should be considered private.

This is the first time you have ever been in a situation likethis. How will you handle it?