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Be Evil: Does Corporate Responsibility Matter?

In this age of radical transparency, can corporations that mistreat their users or cause harm in the world get away with it? Does the market discipline companies so that responsibility is now an essential part of doing business? Or is corporate responsibility just a clever trick to gain a slight marketing advantage and defer state regulation? Is the first and only duty of a company to provide value to its shareholders? This debate will consider these issues through the lens of Google, the most significant promoter of a corporate moral ethos. It will consider the ethics of doing business in authoritarian places such as China, pursuing environmentally sustainable infrastructure, and treating labor fairly.

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Presenters

Siva Vaidhyanathan Professor University of Virginia


Time

Monday March 14

5:00PM

Venue

Hilton

Salon D

500 East 4th Street

Online

http://www.googlizationofeverything.com/

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