February 16, 2006
Our informal corporate motto is "Don't be evil." We Googlers generally relate those words to the way we serve our users – as well we should. But being "a different kind of company" means more than the products we make and the business we're building; it means making sure that our core values inform our conduct in all aspects of our lives as Google employees.
Congress grills Internet execs on China policies:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers lashed out at Google Inc. and other prominent Internet companies on Wednesday, with one Democrat questioning "how your corporate leadership sleeps at night" because of the companies' alleged complicity in human rights abuses by the Chinese government.A bill to be introduced by Republican Chris Smith would make it illegal for Google or other US companies to continue to abet repressive regimes like Communist China."Your abhorrent activities in China are a disgrace. I simply do not understand how your corporate leadership sleeps at night," said Rep. Tom Lantos, the ranking Democrat on a House International Relations subcommittee on human rights.
Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.
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Posted by: Ariya at February 16, 2006 12:25 AM (uxW3N)
Posted by: forest hunter at February 16, 2006 12:40 AM (Fq6zR)
Posted by: Russ at February 16, 2006 12:58 AM (utsLN)
It isn't anything to do with Corporations doing business in foreign countries, but the ethics of the things they do to stay there:
Yahoo provided electronic records to Chinese authorities that led to an eight-year prison sentence for writer Li Zhi in 2003.
Smith used a laptop to show how a search for "Tiananmen Square" on www.google.com turned up images of tanks and carnage from the 1989 army killings while entering the same term in the new Chinese site led to pictures of smiling tourists.
Less of course you are citing a specific event with a U.S Corporation and Saudi Arabia that you forgot to reference?
Posted by: dave at February 16, 2006 01:12 AM (CcXvt)
Posted by: Javapuke at February 16, 2006 02:12 AM (VOGUE)
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Posted by: hondo at February 16, 2006 05:53 PM (fyKFC)
Does leave open an immense gray area, doesn't it? - for goggle to play word games with.
Posted by: hondo at February 16, 2006 05:58 PM (fyKFC)
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