Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct (gizmodo.com)

Kate Conger, reporting for Gizmodo: Google's unofficial motto has long been the simple phrase "don't be evil." But that's over, according to the code of conduct that Google distributes to its employees. The phrase was removed sometime in late April or early May, archives hosted by the Wayback Machine show.

"Don't be evil" has been part of the company's corporate code of conduct since 2000. When Google was reorganized under a new parent company, Alphabet, in 2015, Alphabet assumed a slightly adjusted version of the motto, "do the right thing." However, Google retained its original "don't be evil" language until the past several weeks. The phrase has been deeply incorporated into Google's company culture -- so much so that a version of the phrase has served as the wifi password on the shuttles that Google uses to ferry its employees to its Mountain View headquarters, sources told Gizmodo.

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It does't fit Google's new morality

[davide marney]

Google's new morality is to use its products and services in order to influence the culture to adopt its beliefs. This is primarily seen in the SJW realm at the moment, but this is just for now. "Don't be evil" is too open-ended, even a white cis-gendered male's actions could fit into that definition. Their new motto is something like "Make the world Google." (Double points if you recognize the source of that motto.)