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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 SMH: Don't Be Evil or don't lose value? Australia's Sydney Morning Herald brings up a question that is often debated but rarely as focused upon as it would be in any other organization... except Google: Some have interpreted the ceaseless criticisms of Google's privacy policies and its co-operation with totalitarian regimes as a sign the Don't Be Evil goal is unattainable for a profit-driven company. At the very least, the corporate motto has encouraged the public and the press to hold Google to a higher standard. "It really wasn't like an elected, ordained motto," Google's vice-president and 20th employee, Marissa Mayer, said in an interview during her trip to Sydney last week. "I think that 'Don't Be Evil' is a very easy thing to point at when you see Google doing something that you personally don't like; it's a very easy thing to point out so it does get targeted a lot." I certainly hope that Google isn't backpedaling from its "don't be evil" motto -- unordained or not. In fact, as a motto it forces Google employees to seriously think of the consequences of their work. Above all else, as a user it certainly enables me to trust Google to do the right thing... depending on how Google chooses to define "evil". posted by Shaun Kenney \| 4/15/2008 06:28:00 PM \| 0 comments 0 Comments: Post a Comment Home
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