Chapter 4 Case Study “Google In China” 1. What philosophical principle did Google’s managers adopt when deciding that the benefits of operating in China outweighed the cost? When deciding whether or not to operate in China‚ a utilitarian approach was clearly adopted. “Utilitarian approaches to ethics hold that the moral worth of actions or practices is determined by their consequences” (Hill‚ 2009‚ p. 144). In 2002‚ Google was unexpectedly blocked by the Chinese for two weeks. When it was finally restored
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Cost Benefit Analysis A cost benefit analysis is done to determine how well‚ or how poorly‚ a planned action will turn out. Although a cost benefit analysis can be used for almost anything‚ it is most commonly done on financial questions. Since the cost benefit analysis relies on the addition of positive factors and the subtraction of negative ones to determine a net result‚ it is also known as running the numbers. A cost benefit analysis finds‚ quantifies‚ and adds all the positive factors. These
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There are several ways that the philosophical movements of China shaped the civilization. Confucianism is just one of them which started in the Han Dynasty‚ another is legalism which started in the Qin Dynasty‚ and the last is taoism which was just a local superstition. Confucianism is just one philosophical movement that shaped China and is still shaping China today. Created by Confucius‚ who according to tradition was a thinker‚ political figure‚ and educator.Confucius talked about
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What are the costs and benefits of Globalization? Shanee A. Stevens ECON220-FF4WW Professor John Edwards August 6‚ 2011 What are the costs and benefits of Globalization? Well I know that as we head into 2012 the American people are hoping the economy is turning around. With unemployment rates at their highest and the scarcity of jobs‚ it’s no wonder why the American people do not like their government right now. What was once the best place in the world to come and live the “American Dream”
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Google versus China 1. Did Google have an ethical right to renege on its agreement in 2010 by directing its Chinese users to the uncensored search engine Google.com.hk? As far as I am concerned‚ Google didn’t have the ethical right to direct its Chinese users to the uncensored search engine. First of all‚ when Google began to operate in China in 2006‚ it signed the contract to agree to censor information from sensitive topics related to politics and illegal information that had been banned from
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without it. In recent development china and iran have restricted the information flow throughout their country‚ specially china have ban Google-universal search engine and email in its country. Firstly question arises why any country will ban if internet is so useful. There lots of hidden agenda of the govt that has to be protected‚ if there is free flow of information is there public start questioning on the procedures of govt work. Internet censorship in China is among the most stringent in the
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Cost Benefit Analysis What is cost benefit analysis? Cost benefit analysis (COBA) is a technique for assessing the monetary social costs and benefits of a capital investment project over a given time period. The principles of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) are simple: 1. Appraisal of a project: It is an economic technique for project appraisal‚ widely used in business as well as government spending projects (for example should a business invest in a new information system) 2. Incorporates
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This case is based on the negotiation between Google and the Chinese government to allow access by Chinese citizens to a high-speed Chinese version of the Google search engine. In order to reach agreement with the Chinese government‚ Google had to agree to allow the government to censor access to some sites turned up by Google’s search engine. In agreeing‚ Google compromised its open access policy. There were inquiries into the agreement by the U.S. Congress and some outcry from U.S. citizens.
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Publichttp://pfr.sagepub.com/ Finance Review Public Subsidies to Stadiums: Do the Costs Outweigh the Benefits? Daraius Irani Public Finance Review 1997 25: 238 DOI: 10.1177/109114219702500205 The online version of this article can be found at: http://pfr.sagepub.com/content/25/2/238 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Public Finance Review can be found at: Email Alerts: http://pfr.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://pfr
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Google‚ Inc. was ranked by Fortune magazine as the best place in the U.S. to work in 2009‚ and it has reached another zenith by becoming the most popular Web site. Google‚ Inc.’s goal of providing benefits and rewards is to “strip away everything that gets in our employees’ way” (Google‚ 2009). Google‚ Inc. provides a standard package of fringe benefits‚ but on top of that are first-class dining facilities‚ gyms‚ laundry rooms‚ massage rooms‚ haircuts‚ carwashes‚ dry cleaning‚ commuting buses –
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