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“Don't be evil” was Google's official corporate motto until 2015. Then they pulled it as a motto, but kept it in the employee handbook at least, into 2018.And then totally buried it — where it used to be the preface to the code of conduct, they included a mention at the end.Yet the search giant is minimizing “Don’t be evil,” at least in its official code of conduct. According to Gizmodo and archives from the Wayback machine, some time between late April and early May, references to the slogan in the document have been removed except for one brief mention, at the end. QuartzThe older code of conducts opened with the former motto.“Don’t be evil.” Googlers generally apply those words to how we serve our users. But “Don’t be evil” is much more than that. Yes, it’s about providing our users unbiased access to information, focusing on their needs and giving them the best products and services that we can. But it’s also about doing the right thing more generally – following the law, acting honorably, and treating co-workers with courtesy and respect.The Google Code of Conduct is one of the ways we put “Don’t be evil” into practice. It’s built around the recognition that everything we do in connection with our work at Google will be, and should be, measured against the highest possible standards of ethical business conduct. We set the bar that high for practical as well as aspirational reasons: Our commitment to the highest standards helps us hire great people, build great products, and attract loyal users. Trust and mutual respect among employees and users are the foundation of our success, and they are something we need to earn every day.So please do read the Code, and follow both its spirit and letter, always bearing in mind that each of us has a personal responsibility to incorporate, and to encourage other Googlers to incorporate, the principles of the Code into our work. And if you have a question or ever think that one of your fellow Googlers or the company as a whole may be falling short of our commitment, don’t be silent. We want – and need – to hear from you.Now, copies after the change bury it to one mention late in the document.It's not a good look for them. But perhaps it's honest, just a recognition of the gray, at best, ethics impressed on any huge multinational.Privacy advocates have long been critical of Google's policies and their behavior in algorithms, lobbying, and other areas.But I think the first all out war with their own staff was in the #nymwars.In 2011, Google launched G+ (now of blessed memory). They'd poached a manager from Microsoft who insisted on isolating his group from Google's culture, then started really dissing users over a controversial real names policy.His crew started banning people algorithmically who had Euro first names and Chinese last names. Not only did this ban a number of Asian Americans (and an anglo-Australian I heard of whose UK-origin surname was Tan)? It effectively banned most of Hong Kong from using the service.Advocates for privacy, including myself, came up with a bunch of reasons that banning pseudonymity was a bad idea — but Google staff came up with 108 that they ran through the Google ombudsman in protest. I had the opportunity to review that list, and there was only one reason outsiders came up with that wasn't included, and Googlers identified more than we did.It was not only a war between civil and digital rights, abuse support, and various organizations — it was a civil war.Once that was resolved as much as it could be (a bad compromise, IMO) Googlers had lost a lot of faith in the company motto.A lot of Googlers were the best minds coming out of our best schools - internationally really. And many of them had come to Google as a first choice because they believed the corporate hype about good citizenship.But more and more cracks showed. One of the major executives left for a sinecure with the US Intelligence Community, causing many, inside and out, to wonder what he was being rewarded for?The controversies haven't been quite as glaring as Facebook's, but they keep coming.Google is shutting down Google+ following massive data exposureGoogle Hedges on Promise to End Controversial Involvement in Military Drone ContractGoogle Could Lose All Government Contracts Over Data Compliance (GOOG)Google Employees Protest Secret Work on Censored Search Engine for ChinaGoogle Employees Protest to Fight for the 'Future of Tech'Lots more. Just Google (heh)Google controversiesGoogle protestsYou'll spend hours if so inclined.Essentially they used a bait and switch to attract devoted, idealistic employees.And they've been shocked that these idealistic young technocrats are in constant revolt against the megacorp's ethical lapses.Who would have thought?What should they do?I suggest, don't be evil.

Be honor bound to your own policy's. Write down your policy.Introduce an employee handbook. What are the rules of your organisationTrain your staff on the employee handbook and policy’s of the organisation.Reward good behavior for you as well as employees.

Yes, unfortunately I have.I hired a second Quality staff member at the small company I work for. According to the company handbook, a new employee can’t take time off for the first 90 days. However, this person took multiple days off due to “emergencies” and was often late or “had to leave early” for various reasons. The person was coached and counseled but continued to miss work.We ultimately ended up laying them off because they didn't have the right skill set for us, but absenteeism played a big part in it for me as well. I could not defend them or make a case for training them, because if they couldn’t even show up for work consistently, I had no confidence that they could take initiative to learn or improve.