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A Few Thoughts on China, Google, Values, Rights

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Saturday, January 23, 2010, In : Human Rights 

In case you missed it, Google's announcement last week marked a real turning point for multinational corporations.  It set precedence for the corporation, representing Western values, standing up to a foreign state.  This value clash involves a plethora of important questions with not so obvious answers.

When localizing a product for a certain country or culture or expanding operations internationally, multinational organizations subject themselves to local jurisdiction and as a consequenc...


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Google vs. The Chinese Government

Posted by Jenny Stefanotti on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, In : Human Rights 
In a strategic about face, the world's biggest Internet company has just taken a stand in favor or human rights, risking its business in the biggest Internet market in the world.   

Last week Google was subjected to "sophisticated" attacks targeting Google's corporate infrastructure, attacks which originated in China.  Further investigation revealed twenty other companies were also targeted, and that the attacks were intended to glean information from Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights act...

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