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Was it wrong to ask Yahoo’s CEO what would his company do business with Nazi Germany? Should he dismiss this type of questions?

Many companies rushing to do business in china, it consider a great opportunity and a great market. However when you operate in a country you have to accept is laws, and the china’s laws are the kind the use to oppress and violate human rights.

When very competent , and I’m not saying cynically, people saying that avoiding dealing with china as an option is: ” in this case, "Just say ‘no’" is beyond idealistic–it’s vapid.”, than the question about where do you draw the line is reasonable.

Many companies did business with Nazi Germany. It used to be great waking market, and it was great opportunity. I’m sure that the banks that sold German bonds here used the basic arguments that companies use to make today. We as customers should constant pressure on these corporation demanding to know what are their boundaries. Maybe Yahoo’s CEO wasn’t born yet during WWII, but he was born more than 17 years ago, and he leasing his company to cooperate with a regime that commit these atrocities:

 

So I maybe Idealistic and vapid, but I would like to know: would Yahoo , Google and all the other cooperate with the Nazi regime. In the other hand I afraid that I know the answer.

Written by Rogel

June 4th, 2006 at 5:41 pm

Posted in human Rights

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    It is interesting, mostly when Google actualy cencorship, or providing cencored, information. I don't think he lied about the revenue, but he didn't talk about the market share (which will effect the revenue at the end).
    Should these corporations make compromises? sure. but I would like to know if they have any line that they will not cross.
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    The following was noted in a recent NY Times Magazine article, 'Google founder Sergei Brin was quoted as saying, "Revenue, Brin told me, wasn't a big part of the equation. He said he thought it would be years before Google would make much if any profit in China. In fact, he argued, going into China "wasn't as much a business decision as a decision about getting people information. And we decided in the end that we should make this compromise."'

    A decision for real change or just corporate back-pedalling?

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