Pr 192 censorship in china

BY ROBERTO ARAUJO

In China… • Journalist and bloggers could only post positive stories online. Possible jail time or fines for those who don’t. • A group of policeman (“Ciber

Police”) are monitoring and recording each key stroke 24/7

• Anything you say online can be used against you in court.

COME TO CHINA: What Happens in China Stays in China!

Now, what do you think about the Chinese government?

American Companies as: Contributed to the so called “Great Firewall” in China

Censors itself in China, in order to abide by tight government control

Contributed with tips on user content resulting in the arrest of 3 Chinese

Who’s the felon: the shooter or the gunsmith?

Now, How do you feel about American Companies?

Denial, or Spin? …Has not sold equipment meant to “identify dissidents or hostile elements”

Apologized, but not for revealing the the information, but for not knowing that those were the consequences

Revealed that they do not offer email or blogging service in order to avoid being censured by the Chinese government

Current Status of American Corporations in China: Cisco recently announced their Next Stage of Corporate Strategy based in a sustainability initiative in China

Covalence Ethical Ranking 2009

6/541

447/541

48/541

Yahoo has less than 5% of popularity as search engine in China

Google have recently boosted its shares in China competing with Baidu, which both together account for 95% of search revenues

Ask Yourself: Is ETHICS a relative term?

Traveling state by state, do you obey each state rules?

Do you GOOGLE or YAHOO?

Being a multinational company (world leader), could you afford not dealing with China?

Let’s be realistic: China is the country with the largest # of net user in the world

Human rights advocates small minority

American Corporations participation in China is positive

Yes, I’m in the corporate side

Who’s side are you, Corporate or Human Rights?