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Date Submitted: 11/19/2012 03:52 PM
Summary of article 1
Looks at google operation in china
The USA is signatory to the following
Un universal declaration of human rights
International coventant on civil and political rights
Moral complicity
Google is being required by the chinese government to filter things that the covernemnt does not approve
Santoros fair share theory pp 459-460
Googles inadequate defence p 46
Google says it provides a better service, and they have expanding acess to better information
The author finds it inadequate, as it doesn’t directly affect human right violations b is a same same response
Google is ignoring human rights of chinese people
Googles consequentialist approach
For each action that is being undertaken
Moral compromise
Google is a listed company
Factual uncertainty
Google must engge in self-cencorship
Non defferable decision googles main rival is baidu
Morally complex – they face many conflicting and moral responsibilities
Choice of the lesser of 2 evils
Vulnerability – googles self censorship
Justify moral compromise
A moral compromise involves doing something one believe is wrong to do yet sti…
Fairness?
2 dims to others and to yourself
harm?
Does it affect you or other people?
Integrity?
Mitigation or prevention
Suggests for google in china
Realfiem belief in freedom of expression as central to its own corporate values
Work within the chinese system
Provide a list of filtered terms
Implacations p 472
Conclusions p 473
Conceptual based artice
Ethical dilemma
Role of the individual
BES FINAL EXAM!
Weekly reading from your subject outline
Recommended reading: Mehafdi, M (2000) the ethics of international transfer pricing , journal o
Chapter 1 – 12
Q1 use mehafdi or the text book to answer the question
Q2 ethical dilemma
2b