Ask HN: Who's the current “Don't Be Evil” corporation?

Re:Ask HN: Who's the current “Don't Be Evil” corporation? by lockhouse on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:45PM (#36698635)

I think it's a mistake to anthropomorphize corporations. They are filled with people, some of whom are evil, some of whom are not, and some of whom are somewhere in between.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's the current “Don't Be Evil” corporation? by theonemind on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:12PM (#36699159)

Hm. I think a person should probably stay wary of the limitations of anthropomorphizing a corporation, but it probably can work to a limited extent. To a limited extent, you can anthropomorphize entire countries with some degree of truth, or entire halves of the world. Eastern cultures lean a little more collectivist than Western cultures.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's the current “Don't Be Evil” corporation? by JohnFen on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:01PM (#36698940)

But there is such a thing as a set of corporate values independent of the people working in the corporation, and those values are not always good.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's the current “Don't Be Evil” corporation? by lockhouse on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:02PM (#36698973)

Most of the time those corporate values are just marketing.

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Re:Ask HN: Who's the current “Don't Be Evil” corporation? by JohnFen on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @02:09PM (#36699087)

I'm not talking about what companies publicly say their values are. That's obvious marketing nonsense. I'm talking about the values that inform their business decisions.

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