ETHICAL PRINCIPLES It is rather difficult to talk about ethics as it involves different point of view based on different moral standards one has and based on different ethical principles one uses. This Google China-cases mostly talks about the ethical dilemma faced by the company‚ whether it should obey the local law or put its global ethical standards as its best interest. Obeying the local law will push them to do self-censoring‚ which then raise many criticism internationally. Based on ‘cultural
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MIS(Management Information Systems) Student Number : 20100599 Lecturer : Dr .Mary Agoyi The Google 1. How is Google’s mission statement related to its business strategy? Google is an organization that provide information to the world in which it can be accessible easily and letting people make use of the information and to make the world’s information universally accessible and useful. Google is always takes risk‚ because they really want to expand their market size so that it can reach the
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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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Introduction Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin‚ as “a superior search-engine technology to find and organize information on the Web” (Quelch‚ 1). Google’s mission is “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” (Quelch‚ 1). Google prides itself in providing search results in order of relevance and not paid sponsorship and identifies “paid advertising links as sponsored” (Quelch‚ 2). However‚ Google’s main revenue sources are its two advertising
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Introduction 3 Google Company Background 3 China Background 5 The Internet Search Engine and Advertising Industry in China 7 Google in China 9 Recommendations 14 Conclusion 15 Appendix 16 Introduction Google‚ Inc. is an internationally known business that has become the default provider for Internet services for many consumers. In a world where individuals can connect faster and across continents‚ Google has sought to provide
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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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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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Case Study: Google in China Google issued a statement mentioning the attacks across the Internet generated from China and declaring its unwillingness to censor search results any more and indicating its decision of exiting China. Several months later‚ the company moved from Beijing to Hong Kong‚ out of Mainland China‚ and still has provided services to users in Mainland China‚ but also has faced many difficulties. This case is very typical and meaningful for foreign companies‚ which have willingness
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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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centre in China‚ but also to revitalize its web search engine’s Chinese presence through launching Google.cn. In launching this new site‚ Google made the difficult decision to compromise on its mission of providing open and free access to information‚ in favour of increasing user satisfaction. Essentially‚ though searches are easier and more streamlined through Google.cn‚ items that would have previous been blocked by the Chinese government on Google.com are now “self-censored” by Google itself.
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