Best practice & Ethics
Companies work together on online ethics
Companies, investors, academics and human rights
organisations have come together to develop a set of principles for online
freedom of expression and privacy rights.
The initiative builds on previous work undertaken by
Google,
Microsoft, Vodafone and
Yahoo! under the auspices of
Business for Social Responsibility, and
Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT)
discussions on how to advance civil liberties on the internet.
Leslie Harris, CDT executive director, said technology
companies have a vital role to play in helping democratic reform in developing
countries. Therefore, he said, it is important that guidelines are available to
help deal with government monitoring of legitimate online activities and
censoring of democratic material.
Among the participants in this latest process are:
Amnesty International,
F&C Asset Management, Google, Microsoft and
the International Business Leaders Forum.
Links
Google
Microsoft
Vodafone
Yahoo!
Business for Social Responsibility
Center for Democracy and Technology
Amnesty International
F&C Asset Management
International Business Leaders Forum
February, 2007 |
