Business and Professional Ethics/Marketing Google Essay

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This would have been a truly unethical action.

The second objection that can be brought to the sustained thesis is represented by the fact that censorship is a violation of several human rights. These rights include the right to freedom of speech, the right to self-expression and the right to be well informed. It might be argued that Google made a mistake and created a precedent, proving that totalitarian regime scan impose their rules even upon independent companies because these companies are more interested in obtaining financial profits rather than defending human rights and liberties.

This may be true to a certain limited extent. Supposing that Google had refused to implement its dot cn service. In this manner it would have made a statement regarding censorship and freedom. but, at the same time, it would have failed to serve the Chinese people in any way.

An action of this kind would not have changed anything regarding the political situation in China.

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The only thing that it would have done was not to offer the Chinese customers the online search engine. Thus, the company would have acted against its own credo. The fact that the company maintained its English uncensored version is a proof that they tried to support human freedom and the right of the individual to choose how he wants to act in life.

To sum up, I believe that compromise regarding one's credo may represent an ethical action when the circumstances allow for no other development of the situation. Censorship may be considered a violation of the human right to self-expression and information, but when the circumstances allow for no other option, it may be stated that people performing this act are doing a moral thing if it still respects their credo and their action is for the benefit of the people. Google's actions in China are the very proof of this......

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