Tag: Google
Data security poses growing ethics risk
Research finds an increasing number of ethical lapses reported in the tech industry, while banking and finance continues to be the biggest area for wrongdoing.
Limits to shareholder voting rights mooted by investors
Can the weight of some of the biggest and most influential investors persuade the likes of Facebook to alter multiple tiers of voting rights?
How the Google walkout was no ordinary employee protest
Google staff staged a walkout in their thousands over the handling of sexual misconduct cases, possibly one of the first such actions where highly paid workers protested over company values.
Google CEO tops global reputation list
A new survey tracking the most reputable CEOs across the globe places Google’s Sundar Pichai at the top of the list.
European Commission introduces tough tax laws for digital business
The European Commission has proposed rules to ensure that companies conducting business digitally in the European Union, such as Amazon, Google and Facebook, are paying their fair share of tax.
Eric Schmidt steps down as chairman of Google owner
Boardroom leadership for Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is set for change after it was announced that chairman Eric Schmidt is to leave his post to become a “technical adviser”.
Google employee fired over ‘gender differences’ email to staff
A Google engineer who claimed that the “differences” between men and women explained pay and role disparity at the organisation has been fired, according to reports.
Google apologises to advertisers in move to protect reputation
Google announces new measures and tightened rules after advertisers complain that content on YouTube was positioned alongside hate videos.
Trump’s travel ban and the challenge to governance
Donald Trump’s travel ban not only presents a challenge to civil liberties, but also to the development of modern corporate governance.
Google faces new tax criticism
Google’s controversial advertising sales business in Dublin earned revenues of €22.6bn (£20.1bn) from Europe, the Middle East and Africa last year but paid just €47.8m in tax, according to company filings in Ireland.