Chapter 3.   me . . . Manufacturing Engineer

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     While working at Rockwell International's Space Division, I earned a Master's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from UCLA.  In that effort, I defined and disclosed several electric vehicle inventions to Rockwell per company policy and, although my first three inventions were formally released to me at my request, five subsequent invention ideas were abruptly confiscated, each being falsely called "a trade secret Rockwell" by corporate patent attorneys.  Rockwell corporate executives collectively ignored my formal complaints regarding this action, even though Rockwell's confiscation of my electric car ideas violates both corporate procedures and standards of business conduct as well as California state public policy.  The only plausible explanation for their unethical conduct is that Rockwell executives feared "adverse impacts on future company business" from their auto industry customers in Detroit . . . . (chapter has 7 pages).

Learn more by reading:

The Loyalty Effect:  The Hidden Force Behind Growth, Profits and Lasting Value by Fredrick F. Reichheld.
Rembrandts in the Attic:  Unlocking the Hidden Value of Patents by K. Rivette and D. Kline.
The Road to Serfdom by F.A.Hayek