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Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
« on: May 19, 2018, 05:59:07 pm »
Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct

Kate Conger
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Google’s unofficial motto has long been the simple phrase “don’t be evil.” But that’s over, according to the code of conduct that Google distributes to its employees. The phrase was removed sometime in late April or early May, archives hosted by the Wayback Machine show.

“Don’t be evil” has been part of the company’s corporate code of conduct since 2000. When Google was reorganized under a new parent company, Alphabet, in 2015, Alphabet assumed a slightly adjusted version of the motto, “do the right thing.” However, Google retained its original “don’t be evil” language until the past several weeks. The phrase has been deeply incorporated into Google’s company culture—so much so that a version of the phrase has served as the wifi password on the shuttles that Google uses to ferry its employees to its Mountain View headquarters, sources told Gizmodo.

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[I'm on my phone, so I haven't made links active...see original story for links and listing of old and new Code of Conduct.]

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Re: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2018, 06:03:48 pm »
So have I.
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Re: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2018, 06:14:28 pm »
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Re: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2018, 06:15:29 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on May 19, 2018, 06:03:48 pm
So have I.

...and it's made you a better person.   :patriot:
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Re: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
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Re: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2018, 06:18:18 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on May 19, 2018, 06:03:48 pm
So have I.

@RoosGirl
It might make that statement a tad bit more believable if you changed your profile pic before saying it.
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Re: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2018, 06:28:37 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on May 19, 2018, 06:18:18 pm
@RoosGirl
It might make that statement a tad bit more believable if you changed your profile pic before saying it.

One of the two of us is reading this article incorrectly and I don't think it's me.
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Re: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2018, 06:32:40 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on May 19, 2018, 06:28:37 pm
One of the two of us is reading this article incorrectly and I don't think it's me.

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Who reads articles?  I just wait for a woman to tell me what to think.

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Re: Google Removes 'Don't Be Evil' Clause From Its Code of Conduct
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2018, 06:40:41 pm »

If you have to remind yourself, or the people around you to NOT BE EVIL, then it is already too late.Image result for evil google
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« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2018, 07:22:29 pm »
Quote from: driftdiver on May 19, 2018, 06:32:40 pm
@RoosGirl

Who reads articles?  I just wait for a woman to tell me what to think.

That doesn't sound bitter at all.   ^-^
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« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2018, 07:53:19 pm »
Quote from: RoosGirl on May 19, 2018, 07:22:29 pm
That doesn't sound bitter at all.   ^-^

Good that's what I was going for
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