Answer the following questions:
1. Google initially argued that filtering internet content is less damaging than not making its search engine available in the Chinese market. Do you agree?
2. Why do you think Google has gotten more criticism for operating in China than other U.S. firms?
3. Use the steps of integrative social contracts theory or the HTK decision-making process to determine whether Google and other American high-tech firms should participate in the Great Firewall of China. What do you conclude?
4. Should the U.S. government prevent American technology companies from working with repressive regimes in China and elsewhere?
5. Is internet access to information a human right or a privilege?
6. Is internet censorship ever justified? What topics, if any, should be filtered?
7. What leadership and followership ethics lessons do you take from this case?
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Answer the following questions1. Google initially arg.docx
1. Answer the following questions:
1. Google initially argued that filtering internet content is less
damaging than not making its search engine available in the
Chinese market. Do you agree?
2. Why do you think Google has gotten more criticism for
operating in China than other U.S. firms?
3. Use the steps of integrative social contracts theory or the
HTK decision-making process to determine whether Google and
other American high-tech firms should participate in the Great
Firewall of China. What do you conclude?
4. Should the U.S. government prevent American technology
companies from working with repressive regimes in China and
elsewhere?
5. Is internet access to information a human right or a privilege?
6. Is internet censorship ever justified? What topics, if any,
should be filtered?
7. What leadership and followership ethics lessons do you take
from this case?
