Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors

Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by vkou on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @05:50PM (#19792354)

> internal PC struggles

There's plenty of reasons for why they started taking place, that have nothing to do with who is CEO. Societal expectations have changed, formerly unpopular ideas gained both a voice, and mindshare, and Google's influence over the Internet has grown - and with it, expectations that that influence should be wielded responsibly.

Intelligent people strongly disagree as to what 'responsibly' means in this context.

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Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by avar on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @06:16PM (#19792570)

Do you think Oracle encourages the sort of open internal debate culture that precipitated that well-known incident?

The responsibility for corporate culture is ultimately with the CEO and the board.

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Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by joshuamorton on Tuesday April 30, 2019 @08:31PM (#19793410)

Do you think Google would have attracted the talent it did with a culture like oracle's?

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Re:Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of Directors by avar on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @02:58AM (#19795099)

Just because a CEO decision has consequences doesn't mean it isn't ultimately up to the CEO or the board. Making executive decisions that involve trade-offs is their entire job.

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