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It wasn't removed, it's still in the employee handbook
https://gizmodo.com/google-removes-nearly-all-mentions-of-dont-be-evil-from-1826153393
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/city/1269181/google-news-real-reason-company-removed-don-t-be-evil-code-conduct-spt
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/29/1059821677/google-dont-be-evil-lawsuit
I mean even "do the right thing" raises some eyebrows. It's easily interpretable as "do the right thing... For the company"
I agree, but it also leaves room for "even when it hurts the company", too
If they can take advantage of the vagueness, then so can I
It's still in the handbook. I was working there after any of those articles were written.
Doesn't mean anything if it's in there or not - all big companies are evil.
But it is in the handbook. Prominently.