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American Companies Help China Censor the Net

Posted by michael on from the taking-care-of-business dept.

KyleNicholson writes "It makes you wonder what is really being taught in Business Ethics classes today. American companies such as Sun, Microsoft, Nortel are helping to limit the freedoms of people around the world, even leading to executions. Here is a report by Amnesty International."

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  1. Re:Business ethics have nothing to do with it by rlowe69 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Let's say I offered to pay you $500,000 to shoot someone in the head, and you knew that if you didn't do it, I'd go to someone who you know doesn't really care about having blood on his/her hands and would do it if you wouldn't. Is it then okay to shoot our poor captive in the head?

    How about if I were going to go shoot someone in the head, and asked you to sell me the gun. Would you really sell me the gun and ammo and defend yourself by saying that you had done nothing wrong, and were just engaging in commerce?

    You are confusing law and ethics. If murder were legal, you might have a point.

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