Google in China: Business ethics, business sense or both?

A fascinating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issue for the internet titan Google, whose business mission statement is stated simply as ‘Don’t Be Evil’.  China offers enormous potential as a profitable marketplace, and its poor human rights record shows some sign of gradual improvement as the country engages with the outside world.  But the Chinese government has reminded all companies that they must abide strictly by state controls of the country’s cyberspace.  Recent events have lead Google to say ‘no’, and they are threatening to pull out.  Why?

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