Every company has its own ethics which regulates it’s behavior. There are ethics for the society as well as ethics for individuals. In most cases, they exist peacefully but sometimes they do have conflicts. That’s what exactly happened in the summer. Some internet companies are criticized for disclosing clients’ information to the NSA for the reason of national security . This was still unknown until Edward Snowden, who is former employee of one of NSA’s contractors, revealed this secret. It is undoubted that companies provide these information to assist NSA to pinpoint the terrorists. But clients or users give their private information to the company in hoping they will keep it safe and, most importantly, private. So is it really ethical to do so in the name of national security? I believe many companies have had some harsh time confronting this issue. Some of them have compromised while others still value the privacy of users’ information. It is not an easy choice when it comes to the decision makers because there is no right or wrong to this question
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