In the year 2007 Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, was lambasted by U.S. Representative Tom Lantos, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for Yahoo's part in the arrest and imprisonment of Chinese journalist and democracy advocate Shi Tao. The case describes the actions that Yahoo! had taken to grow its business in China, its handling of a government request for the identity of a Yahoo! user, and subsequent actions by the company to react to Congressional inquiry and adverse publicity.
Yahoo! in China (A) Case Solution
The case raises broad issues about the challenge when running in states that meet stakeholders across national borders, and do not consistently honor human rights of complying with domestic law. It enables pupils to consider the practical steps a business can take to protect itself and its stakeholders in states where the law is not always a trusted safeguard.
PUBLICATION DATE: February 04, 2009 PRODUCT #: 609051-PDF-ENG
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