Be Evil

Around 2001, Google adopted the motto "Don't be evil" to summarize its avowed values and to spell out the ethical behavior expected from employees. That motto until late April or early May, 2018, featured prominently in the company's Code of Conduct. It read, "The Google Code of Conduct is one…

Google's classic "don't be evil" mantra may have been more of a philosophical statement than a practical guideline, but former staff members now want to hold the company accountable for it. NPR and The Verge say ex-engineers Paul Duke, Rebecca Rivers and Sophie Waldman have sued Google for allegedly violating…

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David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images On the Clock is Motherboard's reporting on the organized labor movement, gig work, automation, and the future of work. Three former Google employees who were fired by the company in 2019 sued Google on Monday, claiming that the company violated the part of its…

Transcript 55+ Google Search Statistics General Google has a market value of $739 billion Google has 90.46% of the search engine market share worldwide 0-0 + In 2018, Google properties owned over 90% of all Google receives over 5.6 billion searches per day Google receives over 63,000 searches per second…

Antitrust probe heats up as Big Tech silences dissident voices As part of an escalating probe into anti-competitive and antitrust practices by Google, Reuters reports that DOJ officials and some state attorneys general are set to meet on Friday to discuss next steps. The federal government and nearly all state…

By Allison Stanger Communications of the ACM, July 2020, Vol. 63 No. 7, Pages 29-31 10.1145/3359553Comments Credit: Lightspring From foreign intervention in free elections to the rise of the American surveillance state, the Internet has transformed the relationship between the public and private sectors, especially democracy's public sphere. The global…

By Allison Stanger Communications of the ACM, July 2020, Vol. 63 No. 7, Pages 29-31 10.1145/3359553Comments Credit: Lightspring From foreign intervention in free elections to the rise of the American surveillance state, the Internet has transformed the relationship between the public and private sectors, especially democracy's public sphere. The global…

As part of an escalating probe into anti-competitive and antitrust practices by Google, Reuters reports that DOJ officials and some state attorneys general are set to meet on Friday to discuss next steps. The federal government and nearly all state attorneys general have opened investigations into allegations that the company…

Also: should we all have personal mission statements? *      *      * Relevant References & Research Question #1: Is it immoral to slack off at work when others are depending on you to do a good job? Stephen says that he values workers who “really, really, really…