NDANon disclosure agreement , a confidentiality agreement . Your boss is trying to get the shit back in the horse here by keeping this as non confrontational as possible . he ' s attempting to clarify what is information that is Public and what ' s to remain private . Get a copy of what he ' s proposing and have an attorney review it . It ' s not necessarily a bad thing , but it ' s not addressing the interpersonal aspect of all this , which is why you ' re feeling even more threatened by this action . I ' d separate the 2 issues . the NDA from the interpersonal one . and ask him what he intends to do about that part of it . Think carefully beforehand what youd like in this circumstance , so you can add that of his answer is unsatisfactory to you .