Internet e-ethics in confrontation with an activists' agenda: Yahoo! on trial


Autoria(s): Le Menestrel, Marc; Hunter, Mark; de Bettignies, Henri Claude
Contribuinte(s)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa

Data(s)

15/09/2005

Resumo

A prolonged confrontation between Yahoo! Inc. and French anti-racismactivists who ask for the removal of Nazi items from auction sitesas well as restricted access to neo-Nazis sites is analyzed. We presentthe case and its development up to the decision of Yahoo! Inc. to removethe items from yahoo.com following a French court s verdict against thefirm. Using a business ethics approach, we distinguish the legal,technical, philosophical and managerial issues involved in the case andtheir management by Yahoo! We conclude on the difficulty of governingrelations with society from corporate and legal affairs departments atthe headquarters level, and on the clash of two visions over theregulation of social freedom.

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10230/1011

Idioma(s)

eng

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Palavras-Chave #Business Economics and Industrial Organization #e-business #e-ethics #auctions #legal compliance #internet regulation #freedom of expression #media crisis
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper