Hewlett Packard investigated for corporate spying

By Amita Sharma / Investigative Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published September 21, 2006 at 9:04 AM PDT

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

Hewlett Packard executives are scheduled to testify before Congress next week about allegations of corporate spying. Reporter Amita Sharma talks with professors and a business reporter about the case.

Hewlett Packard executives are scheduled to testify before a house subcommittee next week about how the computer giant obtained private phone records of board members and reporters. HP is the target of several investigations over allegations it illegally gathered those confidential records to find out who leaked corporate information to the media. Reporter Amita Sharma talks about the case with a business ethics professor, a law professor and an NPR correspondent.

Guests:

Craig Dunn , business ethics professor at Western Washington University
Scott Horsley , National Public Radio
Andrea Johnson , California Western Law School professor.