A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement

Directors and employees are individuals who involved in the course of company’s business and would inevitably expose themselves to company’s confidential information. At present there are in existence legal provisions imposing duties upon the directors and employees for the purpose of protecting the...

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Main Authors:	Hassan, Halyani, Abd. Jalil, Juriah
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/1/A%20Case%20Study%20on%20Misuse%20of%20Company%20%281%29.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/7/70346_A%20Case%20Study%20on%20Misuse%20%20-%20tentative.pdf

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spelling	iium-703462019-02-25T06:10:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/ A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement Hassan, Halyani Abd. Jalil, Juriah K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Directors and employees are individuals who involved in the course of company’s business and would inevitably expose themselves to company’s confidential information. At present there are in existence legal provisions imposing duties upon the directors and employees for the purpose of protecting the company’s confidential information. In addition, the employees would normally be subjected to non-disclosure agreement upon their employment. However the progress of the present technology has exposed company’s information at a high risk to be manipulated by individuals who involved in the company. This paper aims to discuss the viability of the present safeguard in protecting the company’s confidential information. The research intends to analyse decided cases on the approach adopted in determining whether there is misused or misappropriation of company‘s confidential information by the directors or the employees. The discussion would also focus on whether the non-disclosure of company’s confidential information would still be relevant when the directors or employees leave the company. In suggesting improvement for the present scenario it would be pertinent to analyse as well case laws from different jurisdiction. This study would be significant to ensure that the company’s confidential information is being sufficiently protected so that the company would remain competitive and dynamic. 2018-04-11 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/1/A%20Case%20Study%20on%20Misuse%20of%20Company%20%281%29.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/7/70346_A%20Case%20Study%20on%20Misuse%20%20-%20tentative.pdf Hassan, Halyani and Abd. Jalil, Juriah (2018) A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement. In: 7th International Conference on Law And Society (ICLAS 7), 11th-13th April 2018, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. (Unpublished) https://iclas2018.org/parallel-sessions/
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Hassan, Halyani Abd. Jalil, Juriah A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement
description	Directors and employees are individuals who involved in the course of company’s business and would inevitably expose themselves to company’s confidential information. At present there are in existence legal provisions imposing duties upon the directors and employees for the purpose of protecting the company’s confidential information. In addition, the employees would normally be subjected to non-disclosure agreement upon their employment. However the progress of the present technology has exposed company’s information at a high risk to be manipulated by individuals who involved in the company. This paper aims to discuss the viability of the present safeguard in protecting the company’s confidential information. The research intends to analyse decided cases on the approach adopted in determining whether there is misused or misappropriation of company‘s confidential information by the directors or the employees. The discussion would also focus on whether the non-disclosure of company’s confidential information would still be relevant when the directors or employees leave the company. In suggesting improvement for the present scenario it would be pertinent to analyse as well case laws from different jurisdiction. This study would be significant to ensure that the company’s confidential information is being sufficiently protected so that the company would remain competitive and dynamic.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Hassan, Halyani Abd. Jalil, Juriah
author_facet	Hassan, Halyani Abd. Jalil, Juriah
author_sort	Hassan, Halyani
title	A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement
title_short	A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement
title_full	A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement
title_fullStr	A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement
title_full_unstemmed	A case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in Malaysia: suggestions for improvement
title_sort	case study on misuse of company’s confidential information in malaysia: suggestions for improvement
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/1/A%20Case%20Study%20on%20Misuse%20of%20Company%20%281%29.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/70346/7/70346_A%20Case%20Study%20on%20Misuse%20%20-%20tentative.pdf
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