Hacker News with Generative AI: Business Ethics

Mullenweg the Coward (kindness.is)
TLDR. In May 2010 Ben Cook wrote a post titled Why Matt should resign. In it he argued that Mr. Mullenweg should resign from either Automattic or the WordPress Foundation because he had a conflict of interest. The post, a well-balanced, well-argued, and respectful post, was not liked by Mr. Mullenweg, who reached out to Ben Cook’s employer, Network Solutions, and tried to get Ben Cook fired. Network Solutions did not fire Ben Cook.

WordPress, Business Ethics

82 points by vdddv 6 days ago | 10 comments

I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit (nytimes.com)
I left my job as a health insurance executive at Cigna after a crisis of conscience.

Health Insurance, Business Ethics, Personal Experiences

11 points by iancmceachern 30 days ago | 4 comments

Startup fires 100 employees after 'fooling' them with mental health survey (indiatimes.com)
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Startups, Layoffs, Mental Health, Business Ethics

10 points by codechicago277 40 days ago | 7 comments

Amazon and Google Must Keep Their Promises on Project Nimbus (eff.org)
When a company makes a promise, the public should be able to rely on it. Today, nearly every person in the U.S. is a customer of either Amazon or Google—and many of us are customers of both technology giants. Both of these companies have made public promises that they will ensure their technologies are not being used to facilitate human rights violations. These promises are not just corporate platitudes; they’re commitments to every customer and to society at large.

Human Rights, Technology, Big Tech, Business Ethics

32 points by hn_acker 45 days ago | 0 comments

Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing "lifetime" price lock (arstechnica.com)
T-Mobile promised users who bought certain mobile plans that it would never raise their prices for as long as they lived—but then raised their prices this year. So it's no surprise that 2,000 T-Mobile customers complained to the government about a price hike on plans that were advertised as having a lifetime price lock.

Telecommunications, Consumer Protection, Business Ethics, Lawsuits

114 points by rntn 87 days ago | 98 comments

World’s Biggest Construction Project Is a Magnet for Executives Behaving Badly (wsj.com)
Neom executives were summoned to the office to manage a crisis: Three workers had recently died toiling on the world’s biggest construction project.

Construction, Business Ethics, Saudi Arabia, Megaprojects

5 points by impish9208 129 days ago | 1 comments

Ask HN: My CEO has been "stealing" money from the company, what should we do? (ycombinator.com)