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beambottoday at 12:23 AM2 repliesview on HN

Google removed "Don't be evil" from its Code of Conduct in May 2018. Shocking that it took 8 years for the author to make their ethical stand -- during which time Google stock went up 600%...


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Rebelgeckotoday at 6:10 AM

It was still there when I started in the 2020s

Ferret7446today at 3:22 AM

No it didn't, it's still in the employee handbook. As the saying goes, a lie will go around the world before the truth can put its pants on.

What changed was Google's motto, and it changed from "don't be evil" to "do the right thing". The given reason is that the prior motto also included inaction.