A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit

Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by 7952 on Thursday June 16, 2022 @05:02PM (#31770948)

Obviously it is wrong to influence hiring/firing or purchasing decisions. But do you think there are grounds for removing cults in a general sense from a company? Surely it is an aspect of people private lives in the same way that religion is.

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by atty on Thursday June 16, 2022 @06:15PM (#31771682)

Any sane company does not want to be related to an organization where grooming, sex trafficking and rape are encouraged and practiced, I would think. That seems like more than enough reason to me.

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by bombcar on Thursday June 16, 2022 @06:35PM (#31771848)

Companies don't like alternate or parallel authority structures inside the organization. This is why there are anti-fraternization rules, for example, because it can be abused.

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by permo-w on Thursday June 16, 2022 @06:49PM (#31771971)

you wouldn't want another competing company operating within your company, would you?

cults are pretty much corporations that aren't ashamed of their authoritarianism, with a few religious themes sprinkled in

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Re:A religious sect landed Google in a lawsuit by behringer on Thursday June 16, 2022 @06:06PM (#31771594)

Nepotism and special vendor contracts are most definitely negatives to google business. On top of that they're losing access to good talent.

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