How ethical are Major Internet Companies?

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How ethical are Major Internet Companies?
Internet companies such as Google, Dell, Apple, and Facebook have raised a lot of
various ethical issues that are related to their privacy. The main components for the internet
companies are the ethical standards and the core values which help them run their businesses and
plans. The internet companies have come up with ethical policies and code of ethics which are
set to guide the people in the company and their users. The set values set of the internet
companies portray to their customers the commitments that the companies have made in the
provision of quality services and taking responsibility for any unethical decisions made. The
companies have also published their business code of conduct and ethical standards they require
from their customers in their websites. The paper will focus on determining how ethical the
major internet companies, that is; Dell, Google, Facebook and Apple are through their set ethical
standards and code of conduct policies.
What people think
A survey was taken to analyze the ethical standards and code of conduct of the four
companies, Dell, Facebook, Google, and Apple. The survey took ten people coming from the
four companies. The recruitment involved a web-based survey before the survey was carried
out; emails were sent to the participants to encourage them to participate in the study. The
participants were given one week to the date of the survey to identify how ethical their
companies are. The results of the study were found and tabulated as below.

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Internet company Ethical unethical completely
unethical
Dell 8 2 0
Apple 6 3 1
Facebook 4 5 1
Google 7 3 0
From the results of the survey, it was noted that Dell was the internet company which had a high
level of integrity as compared to others while Facebook had the least.
Ethical Policies/Codes of Conduct
Each of the internet companies has ethical policies or code of conduct that guide them. All the
employees and customers are supposed to adhere to the set standards and follow them. Some of
the ethical standards are discussed as below;
Google
Google understands that, any business in the world has ethical challenges which should be
addressed for the business to be successful. Google requires its personnel to possess high levels
of integrity since the company’s reputation is built on the trust of their service. Google makes
sure that all the communication with their users earns them trust. All the communications and
interactions with the clients are of high integrity levels. Google policy also prohibits any form of