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The premise of the lawsuit seems flawed. The code of conduct or a motto is not a contract. The code of conduct generally limits the conduct of the employee, an
by bagels 5y ago
The premise of the lawsuit seems flawed.
The code of conduct or a motto is not a contract.
The code of conduct generally limits the conduct of the employee, and does not create obligations for the company.
When "Don't be Evil" is in the code of conduct, it only suggest that the employee should not engage in evil behavior, but doesn't preclude the company from doing so, and doesn't implicitly allow all non-evil behavior by the employee.
- marcinzm 5y agoIt seems the code of conduct in this case said employees should raise issues to Google. The claim is that google then fired employees for raising issues around google being evil. It has absolutely zero to do with Google actually doing evil or not doing evil.
- bagels 5y agoI don't see in the article that the code of conduct asked employees to call out the company. Maybe you have some other source or have read the complaint? The facts in the article make the suit seem meritless.