Question 1: what philosophical principle did Google’ managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China outweighed the costs? The philosophical principle which Google’ managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China than the cost is Straw men. Straw men include four approaches: the Friedman doctrine, the Culture relativism, the Righteous moralist and the Naïve immoralist. Firstly, Google’ managers adopted the Friedman doctrine effectively. Milton Friedman
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Google and the Chinese Government - Case Analysis Overview: Google is a cutting edge Silicon Valley based Internet Company; known world wide for being a titan in the internet industry was admired for their ethical business standards and their distinguished and celebrated corporate motto, “Don’t be evil.” Google had established itself as one of the most visited sites in the world. Google was rapidly expanding as more than half its user traffic came from outside the US. Though Google.com
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Donald Starling MGT 4478 XZIC (International Business) August 26, 2011 1. What philosophical principle did Google’s managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China outweighed the costs? Google’s managers used the utilitarian philosophy, which is weighing good versus bad. Utilitarianism is committed to the maximization of good and the minimization of bad. Utilitarianism weighs carefully the social benefits and cost of a business action and to purse only the actions where
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GOOGLE IN CHINA Page 154 Case Study 1-3 September 3, 2011 IBA 301.90 Principles of International Business Chad Heidorn What Philosophical principle did Google’s manager’s adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China outweighed the costs? When google managers decided that benefits of operating outweighed the costs they adopted a utilitarian approach. According to Utilitarian and Kantian ethics, “Most moral philosophers see value in Utilitarian and Kantian approaches
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Google Considers and Reconsiders China University of Phoenix MGT/448 Global Business Strategies May 20, 2012 As what has become the most widely used search engine in the world, it was a natural business progression to expand to another billion-plus people as Google considered entering the Chinese market. Google’s mission is to organize the world and it’s information resources and make it usable for everyone and very simple to understand
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entering the market for Internet search in China in 2005? For: · China's large population, a rapidly growing percentage of which were becoming Internet users. · Opportunity to establish foothold during an economic boom. · Large potential advertising market, which is Google's primary revenue source. Against: · Highly competitive market in which Baidu has an advantage due to its close relationship with the Chinese government. · Google is less well-known and perceived more negatively
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when deciding that the benefits of operation in China outweighed the costs? When it comes to the benefits outweighing the cost in China, apparently, Google’s managers adopt utilitarian approach, because according to utilitarian philosophy, “it focuses attention on the need to weigh carefully all of the social benefits and costs of a business action and to pursue only those actions where the benefits outweigh the costs” (Hill, 2009, p. 144). For Google, they have their own legitimate and logical reasons
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Google v. China: the Chinese government reacts By Nate Anderson | Last updated January 19, 2010 12:58 PM [pic] The Google/China story has enough legs to qualify as a "centipede" at this point. After saying that it would no longer censor Chinese search results and that it was ready to pull out of China, Google also admitted to being the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack that went after more than 30 companies. The immediate aftermath of the announcement was a media feeding frenzy—and that
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Unit V Case Study: “Google: Don’t Be Evil Unless…. By: Fasoro Adepitan, Columbia Southern University, USA MBA 6301, Business Ethics Assessment. The article focus on the evolution of Google from starting operations in a garage in Silicon Valley in 1998 to become one of the most powerful technology-driven companies in the world. Google’s philosophy is to offer everyone in the world free access to all information around the world; however, various ethical issues were raised from different quarters
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billion over an eleven year span from December 31, 2000 to December 31, 2011. In particular, US internet users grew from 4.5 million to 140 million (World). Two start-up companies attempting to capitalize on this new emerging market were Yahoo and Google, both founded and incorporated in the mid to late 1990s. Both companies realizing the potential of the internet as an unlimited database, started out specializing in search engines that help users locate information on the internet. This is reflected
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