In the recent issue which raised question about the unethical behavior of Yahoo Inc. who helped send a reporter to prison by revealing Shi Tao identity to the Chinese government. Shi Tao was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 2005 following Yahoo's release of the information. The company is currently being sued of its action by the World Organization for Human Rights USA. This law is 217-year-old U.S. law to punish corporations for human rights violations abroad, an effort the Bush administration has opposed.
Yahoo has been heavily criticized by human rights organizations for its activities in China and its willingness to censor information or work with authorities in countries where dissent is not allowed.
In 2004, after the Chinese government ordered the country's media not to report on the 15th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, journalist Shi Tao used his Yahoo e-mail account to forward a government memo to a pro-democracy group. When China's Internet police -- a force of 30,000 -- uncovered this, it pressured Yahoo to reveal Shi's identity.
Who would you put at fault at such place when it comes to such a situation?
Companies that do business in other countries have to follow the laws of that country or their employees could be subject to penalties. The Chinese government pressurized Yahoo to do so. In China, governments are not required to tell a company why they want information.
But this incidence damaged the yahoo image a lot as people now take yahoo unsecure and capable of violating the privacy by revealing the personal information.
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