Business Responsibility for Freedom of Expression: Should Google Re-enter the China Internet Search Market?
Document Type
Other
Publication Date
11-19-2018
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Abstract
As everyone throughout the world must have heard by now, Trump’s America is deeply divided. It’s not easy to unite Democrats, Republicans, and tech workers, but Google has managed to do just that. CEO Sundar Pichai has angered politicians from both parties and his own employees by refusing to answer questions as to whether Google intends to resume its core search engine business in China.
Though their justifications are different, politicians and techies reach the same conclusion: it is ethically wrong to go back to China because of human rights concerns. We agree, to an extent. It is probably unethical to return, but things are not so black-and-white as either Google employees or members of Congress seem to suppose.
Recommended Citation
Santoro, M.A. & Shanklin, R. (2018). Business Responsibility for Freedom of Expression: Should Google Re-enter the China Internet Search Market? Cambridge Core Blog, 19 November 2018. https://www.cambridge.org/core/blog/2018/11/19/business-responsibility-for-freedom-of-expression-should-google-re-enter-the-china-internet-search-market/
