Ethical Standards of Major Internet Companies: A Critical Analysis

Formative Submission 1
‘How Ethical are Major Internet Companies?’
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
What do people think?.....................................................................................................................4
Ethical code of conduct...................................................................................................................5
Ethical behaviour.............................................................................................................................6
Australian tax...................................................................................................................................7
Summary..........................................................................................................................................8
References........................................................................................................................................9
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Introduction
Ethical standards are the principles that promote values, beliefs, behaviour and kindness. There is
not any consistent set of ethical standards that are followed by the companies but the company
develops the ethical standards which are meaningful to their organization. It is important for the
companies to maintain the ethical standards at the workplaces that involve setting the
expectations, providing guidance to the employees and implementing right things for the
organizational benefit. The report aims to focus on the ethical standards and behaviour at the four
major internet and networking companies namely Google, Dell, Apple and Facebook. There will
be a critical investigation of the ethical standards followed by the respective companies. It is seen
that as per the responses of the people, the ethical policies of Google are best with high ethical
ratings followed by Apple, Dell and Facebook. Facebook has the lowest rating in terms of the
following of the ethical standards and actions.
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What do people think?
1) Is Google committed to offer quality products and services to its customers?
It can be said from the responses that people believe that Google develops its products and
services in compliance with the ethical standards and policies.
2) Is the corporate governance of Dell ethical?
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