Microsoft, Yahoo and Google to Globalize Tech Ethics

[admin]

As the Olympics unfold, for better or worse, China’s government seem to get more attention than the athletes. The IOC agreed to let the Chinese government block Internet access even for journalists covering the event. Future international press-events in Totalitarian nations could look vastly different from the Beijing ’08 Games. Microsoft, Yahoo and Google are working on a code of conduct to address how they’ll operate in countries like China.

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[corey]

I think that the major owners of all three companies have made their positions clear: They have no morals, only greed. They have chosen to add to their already vast wealth, at the expense of most Chinese & all US interests.

It would be great if something other than white wash, business as usual, came out of this; but I doubt it. If they truly cared, it would have already been done.

 

[fmw]

You gotta love it. The Chinese manage to transfer trillions of dollars worth of wealth to themselves from the U.S. economy and then they have the gall to tell our companies how to run their businesses. Do you sometimes get tired of being the good guy?

 

[jamie2112]

You gotta love it. The Chinese manage to transfer trillions of dollars worth of wealth to themselves from the U.S. economy and then they have the gall to tell our companies how to run their businesses. Do you sometimes get tired of being the good guy?

YES............

 

[JTK]

Don't blame China

You gotta love it. The Chinese manage to transfer trillions of dollars worth of wealth to themselves from the U.S. economy and then they have the gall to tell our companies how to run their businesses. Do you sometimes get tired of being the good guy?

Western investors gladly transferred their wealth to China and, for the most part, continue to reap great rewards as a result.

The Chinese government can tell businesses how to operate in their country. The U.S. government could have insisted on a comprehensive bilateral trade agreement like the FTA to prevent the Chinese government from pushing around Yahoo! and other American companies, but it did not. The American people would not have allowed their government to leave China to the Europeans because of human rights concerns. Large corporations like Microsoft and Google would have used their lobbyists, campaign donations and influence to ensure that China remained open for business to Americans.

I'm not endorsing the Chinese government's behaviour, but no one forced Google, Yahoo! or anyone else to do business there. They knew, or should have known, what they were getting into. If they're not happy, they can leave.