Google's Values Conflict
Assignment 3 Google’s Values Conflict
Overview
The Chinese government is practicing a strict confining control of media. The constitution of China is granting its citizens a freedom of press, but this freedom is quite constricted. The Chinese law is holding many regulations which allow the Chinese Government to censor media releases and Internet traffic (Bennett, 2013). When Google started its business in China in 2006 it first adhered to the censorship regulations which were set by the Chinese Government. This situation caused an ethical dilemma for Google. Google, a U.S. company, found the censorship in China conflicting with their own corporate goals and values. After Google found its systems and Gmail accounts hacked, Google decided to stop censor the search results which were provided by its search engine (Certo, 2010). This essay will look at what market sources challenged Google, which approach Google took to step out of the ethical dilemma situation and how this affected the stakeholders of Google.
Social Responsibility Being socially responsible means that actions are taken which benefit the society and the organization. Beyond that, corporate social responsibility means that a business will follow the given laws and make a profit (Certo, 2010). When Google first started its business in China it adhered to the guidelines of censorship. Google followed the laws of China, created new jobs and therewith reduced the unemployment rate in China. Google also made profits in China, and with the tax money they paid they gave something back to the society. The fact that the Chinese Government blocked parts of Google’s services anyway and blocked the entire search engine occasionally brought the win-win situation of social responsibility out of balance. When Google’s computer systems were hacked and Gmail accounts infiltrated, Google no longer followed the given laws but started to invest how to bypass them. But the behavior of the Chinese government was not
Overview
The Chinese government is practicing a strict confining control of media. The constitution of China is granting its citizens a freedom of press, but this freedom is quite constricted. The Chinese law is holding many regulations which allow the Chinese Government to censor media releases and Internet traffic (Bennett, 2013). When Google started its business in China in 2006 it first adhered to the censorship regulations which were set by the Chinese Government. This situation caused an ethical dilemma for Google. Google, a U.S. company, found the censorship in China conflicting with their own corporate goals and values. After Google found its systems and Gmail accounts hacked, Google decided to stop censor the search results which were provided by its search engine (Certo, 2010). This essay will look at what market sources challenged Google, which approach Google took to step out of the ethical dilemma situation and how this affected the stakeholders of Google.
Social Responsibility Being socially responsible means that actions are taken which benefit the society and the organization. Beyond that, corporate social responsibility means that a business will follow the given laws and make a profit (Certo, 2010). When Google first started its business in China it adhered to the guidelines of censorship. Google followed the laws of China, created new jobs and therewith reduced the unemployment rate in China. Google also made profits in China, and with the tax money they paid they gave something back to the society. The fact that the Chinese Government blocked parts of Google’s services anyway and blocked the entire search engine occasionally brought the win-win situation of social responsibility out of balance. When Google’s computer systems were hacked and Gmail accounts infiltrated, Google no longer followed the given laws but started to invest how to bypass them. But the behavior of the Chinese government was not