When defending an employee who is being sued for stealing confidential company information, the following aspects can be used to describe his behavior as being motivated by an interest in technological innovation: 1. **Motivational Explanation**: - **Technical Enthusiasm**: Emphasize the defendant's deep interest and passion for technology. He may hope to advance a certain technology by obtaining more resources or information, thereby benefiting the wider community. - **Innovation Drive**: Point out that the defendant may see potential for improvement in the company's current technology and hopes to promote innovation and improve the technology level through his own efforts. 2. **Behavioral Context**: - **Limitations of Company Resources**: Explain that there may be uneven resource allocation or limited innovation within the company, causing the defendant to believe that obtaining information through non-traditional means is the only way to promote technological progress. - **Lack of Recognition and Support**: Show that the defendant may lack the necessary support or recognition within the company, prompting him to seek external resources to achieve his technological goals. 3. **Moral Motivation**: - **Altruism**: Emphasize that there is no personal gain behind the defendant's behavior, but rather the pursuit of higher goals, such as technological progress, social welfare, etc. - **Lack of malice**: This means that the defendant did not use the information maliciously when stealing it. On the contrary, his original intention was to solve a certain technical problem or promote a certain innovation project. 4. **Consequences of the behavior**: - **Positive impact**: If there is evidence that the defendant's behavior ultimately promoted the development of a certain technology or brought about a positive social impact, these positive results can be emphasized. - **Repentant attitude**: Show the defendant's remorse after being discovered and his determination to continue to pursue technological innovation through legal means. 5. **Legal and policy support**: - **The necessity of knowledge sharing**: Citing relevant laws or policies, it is shown that in some cases, the sharing of knowledge and technology is beneficial to the overall development of the industry, and attempts to find a certain legal basis for the defendant's behavior. - **The importance of technological innovation**: Emphasize the importance of technological innovation in modern society, and try to link the defendant's behavior with promoting social progress to improve the legitimacy of his behavior. Through the above multi-angle defense, the defendant's theft behavior can be reframed as a positive motivation for technological innovation and social progress, thereby winning understanding and sympathy for him and striving for a favorable legal result.