Companies often require workers to sign NDAs to legally protect confidential and proprietary information. NDAs are non-disclosure agreements that create a confidential relationship between parties. Of the passages from Sun Tzu's The Art of War, passage D "All warfare is based on deception" most directly suggests using NDAs when operating competitively to protect information through deception.

1. Companies often require workers to sign non-disclosure agreements. These agreements are legal
contracts that create a confidential relationship between the parties, typically to protect any type
of confidential and proprietary information or trade secrets from being revealed to other parties.
Which passage from Sun Tzus The Art of War most directly suggests the use of such agreements
when operating in a competitive industry?
A. Do not repeat the tactics which have gained you one victory, but let your methods be
regulated by the infinite variety of circumstances.
B. To secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the
enemy is provided by the enemy himself.
C. The clever combatant looks to the effect of combined energy and does not require too much
from individuals.
D. All warfare is based on deception