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Comment The other contrast is the emphasis on ethics. One might be sceptical about the chances of too much emphasis on ethics surviving for long. The occasional 'de-merger' is usually just the selling off of an... [25 Oct 2005]
Yahoo! CEO: We are new-media trail blazers
News Speaking at the Web 2.0 Conference on Thursday, Semel also shared his thoughts on his company's struggle with Google and the ethics of doing business in a communist country. received for providing... [07 Oct 2005]
Real fears legal action from Apple over iPod DRM
News While harsh words have been exchanged over the FairPlay saga - Apple said Real had used "the tactics and ethics of a hacker" - the Mac maker did not respond to a request for comment on the filing. In a recent SEC filing,... [12 Aug 2005]
Nicking software 'worse than fiddling expenses', say staff
News The report, Ethics at Work, conducted by the Institute of Business Ethics, found that surfing the net for pleasure during work time was also frowned upon, with around three-quarters of... [27 Jun 2005]
Oxford gets £60m to solve world's problems
News The school will have research institutes to focus on technological and environmental change, ageing, disease, ethics, migration and the brain. The former student has donated a total of £165m to the university, including... [03 Jun 2005]
Leader: Corporate ethics - don't pass the buck to IT
Leader IT heads said in this week's CIO Jury they are coming under increasing pressure from HR and other parts of the business to be the "corporate police force" when it comes to enforcing internal ethics and... [10 Mar 2005]
CIO Jury: Are IT departments the new "corporate police force"?
News The issue has been highlighted by the firing of Boeing's CEO earlier this week after what appears to be the leak of one of his emails to the board revealing his relationship with a female co-worker in breach of the company's... [10 Mar 2005]
Leader: Honour at the top
Leader We're still looking into this and wondering whether someone down in IT had an axe to grind or was genuinely in tune with the aerospace giant's ethics policy, which was strict but very much backed by Stonecipher. [08 Mar 2005]
Curse of the blog strikes Google employee
News The company also has made a point of putting ethics before profits in its business operations, suggesting it holds itself to a higher standard of care than the average for customers and employees. Gone... [09 Feb 2005]
Tech giants sign up to corporate ethics code
News Dell, HP and IBM have joined a host of electronics manufacturers in an effort to promote a unified code of socially responsible business practices across the world. We're raising socially responsible... [22 Oct 2004]
Firms divided over Sasser virus writer's IT job offer
News This is an issue that relies on ethics," said Claudia Aguire, security specialist for SAP Switzerland. I can understand the short-term business benefits, but it's a bit worrying when you think that... [22 Sep 2004]
RealNetworks cuts song price to promote iPod compatibility
News Apple said in a statement a few days after RealNetworks' initial software release: "RealNetworks has adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker to break into the iPod, and we are investigating the implications of their... [17 Aug 2004]
Why do we love to hate Microsoft?
Comment They were without morals, they were without ethics and on top of everything else, they made lousy software. I find it simultaneously strange, amazing and utterly incomprehensible that your news publications continue to... [16 Aug 2004]
Apple accuses Real over iTunes 'hacking'
News In a terse statement, a "stunned" Apple accused RealNetworks of adopting "the tactics and ethics of a hacker" with the release of its Harmony software, which allows songs sold via its online store to be played on a... [30 Jul 2004]
Corporate governance a top priority, say execs
News The majority of corporate leaders surveyed - 80 per cent - see professional ethics and corporate responsibility as the key components of governance. The issue is changing how businesses do businesses, with 60 per cent of... [09 Jul 2004]
