George Haraktsis February 2nd‚ 2015 Google in China Introduction Since the statement made by Google‚ on January 12th‚ regarding the cyber-attacks it has been no secret that world’s major search engine has faced its fair share of setbacks in China. In 2006 Google launched the Chinese search engine Google.cn in hopes of un-tapping the 105 million growing Chinese internet users that existed at the end of 2005. However‚ as the Chinese government’s censorship of and policies to the Internet have
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Ó Springer 2008 Journal of Business Ethics (2009) 86:143–157 DOI 10.1007/s10551-008-9840-y Google in China: A Manager-Friendly Heuristic Model for Resolving Cross-Cultural Ethical Conflicts ABSTRACT. Management practitioners and scholars have worked diligently to identify methods for ethical decision making in international contexts. Theoretical frameworks such as Integrative Social Contracts Theory (Donaldson and Dunfee‚ 1994‚ Academy of Management Review 19‚ 252–284) and more recently
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Google in China Case Study Brief When entering an international market‚ it has become increasingly popular for companies to provide services as a transition into a new market (Ball‚ Geringer‚ Minor‚ & McNett‚ 2010). In early 2006‚ Google made a deal with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to launch Google.cn‚ an indigenous version of the search engine run from within China. However‚ China’s Internet policies along with Google’s ineffective observations of market and cultural diversity hampered
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SUBJECT: Google in China Given the guidelines and requirements on self censorship imposed by the Chinese Communist Party on local internet service providers‚ it is my recommendation that before Google develops businesses under such requirements it has a clear understanding on the role and impact its services will play in peoples lives under these circumstances to avoid being used unintentionally as a political tool. Services provided by Google‚ such as blogs and email accounts‚ which are knowingly
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FILL IN FORMAT: Case Analysis Shred Steps 1 & 2: Read the case. Take notes. Chinese language search engine launched in china in 2006 (pg.37) Company was private until 2004‚ Page and Brin decided to conduct a Dutch auction Dutch auction was designed to “democratize IPO share allocation and afford companies and early investors the best price”( pg. 40) Company 5‚680 employees were scattered throughout the world (pg. 41) 2005 positive cash flow of 3.45 billion (pg.41) Revenue of $6.14 billion
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Google in China Google in China This case is about how Google‚ an American company with a strong corporate philosophy‚ deals with one of today’s fastest growing markets: China. Google summed up its philosophy in 10 principles thoroughly explained. It is a company that has clearly defined its identity‚ its vision of the future and its strategy. Google promotes free and easy access to information for everyone. Since the foundation of the company in 1998‚ Google has always tried to stick to
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communications standpoint? Google entered China in 2006 with high hopes of taking over the Chinese internet market. In order to become a major player for internet search engines in China‚ however‚ they had buckled and filtered search results according to the Chinese government. When Google.cn was launched‚ a loud public outcry over its giving in to the Chinese government on censoring and filtering search engine results‚ the company faced a communications crisis. Since Google had always been known for
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Google in China Q1: What philosophical principles did Google’s managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China outweighed the costs. Google’s managers made the decision to operate in China because of vast profit assumptions and predictions. Therefore they had to adopt to the local Chinese habits and the governments restraints and regulations. But to which philosophical approach does this behavior refers to? Maybe on the first sight it seems to be either the Cultural Relativism
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Why did Google issue the statement of January 12? 1). The direct reason was Google detected highly sophisticated attacks from China on its computer systems‚ which tried to access email accounts of Chinese human rights activists. 2). The real reason was Chinese government’s censorship regulation against to the core principles in Google. Since both of them insisted with their own principles and cannot cp 2. Can Google take comfort
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Chapter 4 Case Study 1. Stakeholders: a. John Ryan – Superior Systems relationship manager – Aggressive. b. Nick – Superior Systems managing consultant – conservative. c. Sandy – Superior Systems Technical – observant. d. Sara – Superior Systems possible project manager - e. Ron Gimble – Point of contact for Capitol State Chemicals. f. Ron Newell – Capitol State’s IT operations manager. g. Kelly – Capitol State’s network technician – viewed as a project manager. h. Alex – Capitol State’s
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