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Document 1 of 1 Business Under Threat, Technology Under Attack, Ethics Under Fire: The Experience of Google in China Author: Tan, Justin; Tan, Anna E Publication info: Journal of Business Ethics 110. 4 (Nov 2012): 469-479. ProQuest document link Abstract: Issue Title: Special issue on Corporate Social Responsibility in Controversial Industry Sectors Although not frequently regarded as controversial, digital communications industries continue to be sites of CSR conflicts, particularly internationally. Investigating CSR issues in the digital communications industry is pertinent because in addition to being one of the fastest growing industries, it has created a host of new CSR issues that require further attention. This case study examines an incident in early 2010, when Google Inc. China and the Chinese government reached an impasse that produced a large-scale, transnational conflict that reached a head ostensibly over state-mandated censorship, ultimately prompting Google to withdraw from the mainland Chinese market and redirect its activities to Hong Kong. We track Google's experience in China, both to explore its strategies and to consider the implications for corporate social responsibility. We situate Google's drastic decision to withdraw entirely from mainland China in the complex multiplicity of ethical, cultural, and political conflicts that affect this particular case. On a broader level, the incident raises the question of how multinational corporations (MNCs) can achieve corporate growth while negotiating the highly sensitive sociopolitical and institutional environments of foreign nations.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] Links: Base URL to Journal Linker: Subject: Case studies; Censorship; Business ethics; Social responsibility; Search engines Location: China Company/organization: Google Inc; 519130 Classification: 9130: Experimental/theoretical, 2410: Social responsibility, 9510: Multinational corporations, 8331: Internet services industry, 9179: Asia&the Pacific Publication title: Journal of Business Ethics Volume: 110 Issue: 4 Pages: 469-479 Publication year: 2012 Publication date: Nov 2012 Year: 2012 Publisher: Springer Science&Business Media Place of publication: Dordrecht Country of publication: Netherlands Journal subject: Business And Economics ISSN: 01674544

CODEN: JBUEDJ Source type: Scholarly Journals Language of publication: English Document type: Feature DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1494-0 ProQuest document ID: 1112165649 Document URL: http://search.proquest.com/docview/1112165649?accountid=8289 Copyright: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2012 Last updated: 2013-01-08 Database: ProQuest Research Library,ABI/INFORM Global

Bibliography Citation style: APA 6th - American Psychological Association, 6th Edition

Tan, J., & Anna, E. T. (2012). Business under threat, technology under attack, ethics under fire: The experience of google in china. Journal of Business Ethics, 110(4), 469-479. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-012-1494- 0

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