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Case
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Reference no. 9B02C051
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Harry Lane (Ivey Business School, Western University); David Wesley (D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University)
Published by: Ivey Publishing
Originally published in: 2002
Version: 2002-11-12
Length: 18 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics: International business; Competitiveness; International law; Ethical issues
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Abstract

Yahoo Inc was the second largest Internet portal worldwide and the leading Internet portal in France. After Nazi-era memorabilia was posted on one of its English-language auction sites, the company was ordered under a French law to block access to neo-Nazi content. Yahoo filed a countersuit, alleging that compliance would violate free speech, as guaranteed under US and international laws. Angered by the company''s response, survivors of the Holocaust charged the chief executive officer with war crimes, for supporting the atrocities of the Nazi regime through its Web site. The borderless nature of the Internet raises many issues for the company: conflicting laws and cultures of other countries, differing views on freedom of speech and suppression of objectionable material, ethical considerations and the impact of extraterritoriality.
Location:
France, Germany, USA
Industry:
Communications
Size:
Medium
Other setting(s):
2001
Teaching note
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Reference no. 8B02C51
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Harry Lane (Ivey Business School, Western University); David Wesley (D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University)
Published by: Ivey Publishing
Originally published in: 2002
Version: 2002-10-01
Length: 8 pages
Data source: Published sources
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Abstract

Yahoo Inc was the second largest Internet portal worldwide and the leading Internet portal in France. After Nazi-era memorabilia was posted on one of its English-language auction sites, the company was ordered under a French law to block access to neo-Nazi content. Yahoo filed a countersuit, alleging that compliance would violate free speech, as guaranteed under US and international laws. Angered by the company''s response, survivors of the Holocaust charged the chief executive officer with war crimes, for supporting the atrocities of the Nazi regime through its Web site. The borderless nature of the Internet raises many issues for the company: conflicting laws and cultures of other countries, differing views on freedom of speech and suppression of objectionable material, ethical considerations and the impact of extraterritoriality.

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Location:
France, Germany, USA
Industry:
Communications
Size:
Medium
Other setting(s):
2001

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Teaching note
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Reference no. 8B02C51
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Harry Lane (Ivey Business School, Western University); David Wesley (D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University)
Published by: Ivey Publishing
Originally published in: 2002
Version: 2002-10-01
Length: 8 pages
Data source: Published sources
View full details