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You can't have a "rogue group of local employees". You are accountable for all your employees action - legally and morally. How often has a company done somethi
by latch 15y ago
You can't have a "rogue group of local employees". You are accountable for all your employees action - legally and morally. How often has a company done something only to blame it on "contractors" or "a third party". That's not acceptable.
- AndrewDucker 15y agoOh, absolutely. Google are responsible for oversight of their employees. Someone inside Google isn't doing their job, and heads need to roll here.
- mooism2 15y agoGoogle are responsible for their employees' actions. But there is still a difference between employees doing evil in defiance of management's orders, doing evil as instructed by management, and doing evil in a climate of management neglect.
- r00fus 15y agoAnd the appropriate response is to publicly: admonish the behavior, investigate and report, then reprimand/dismiss the employee(s) who are found guilty. If Google's management is innocent, then they need to prove so, and show it by acting ethically as described above.
- Tobu 15y agoThat, and make sure it doesn't happen again. I'd be a little worried about how Google manages the business side of things; they have a good brand and the potential to make a lot of money, so of course someone will find it advantageous to take shortcuts turning one into the other. The philosophy and reliance on automation, which can be designed to dismiss complaints and block normal feedback, can be used to have some teams shield themselves from accountability. At a higher level, there's the possibility of selective blindness and negligence hiding some level of malice and irresponsibility. Mnemotechnic for a proper apology: regret, responsibility, and reform.