Google, an international corporation that concentrates on Internet products and services, launched a seven-city tour in Europe to seek advices from experts regarding Internet privacy. Google has planned this trip to Europe for a long time because the European top court has called for Google to allow individuals to erase results that may expose their identity; however, at the same time, Google needed to assure the availability of information for the world.

Google is facing a tough decision between protecting individual’s privacy while allowing people to access information. This situation perfectly touches the term “business ethics”, which, to me, vaguely defines a list of ethical principles and problems. Personally, I believe Google should simply follow the orders of the European top court and allow users to erase personal information. The Internet is a very convenient spot for criminals to commit crimes and Google makes it even easier because anyone can simply type in a name and gain access to his or her basic information if not, private information. To conclude, if a person uses Google for any unethical purposes, Google should be held accountable for it because it is against business ethics to allow such action.

 

http://online.wsj.com/articles/google-seeks-views-in-europe-on-right-to-be-forgotten-1410268827