Michael Santoro : Re-entering the Chinese Internet market : Cambridge University Press
Michael Santoro, professor of management in the Leavey School of Business, co-wrote an article with Robert Shanklin, SCU philosophy lecturer, discussing Google’s plan to re-enter China’s Internet market. The piece was published by the Cambridge University Press. A decade ago, Google pulled its search engine business out of China due to Chinese censorship laws. The company’s recent actions have re-opened a controversial ethical debate over doing business in China because of these laws. Santoro and Shanklin discuss how Google began hinting at their involvement with China and touch on various sides of the ethical debate.
An excerpt from the article:
Members of the US Congress from both sides of the aisle also say it is wrong for Google to go back to China with Dragonfly, because doing so would violate democratic principles of free speech, free association and the marketplace of ideas. As Google was founded on precisely these ideals, and in a country that is committed to upholding those ideals, Google’s plan is hypocritical at best, or morally criminal at worst, they argue.
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