A group of former Google employees have sued the company, alleging that it breached their employment contracts by not honoring its famous motto “don’t be evil”.
In the lawsuit filed in California state court, former Google employees Rebecca Rivers, Sophie Waldman and Paul Duke alleged that they were fired two years ago for fulfilling their contractual obligation to speak up if they saw Google violating its “don’t be evil” pledge.
Google has promoted “don’t be evil” as a core value for over 20 years, including when it went public in 2004.
The three former Google software engineers had raised concerns at town halls and other forums inside Google about the company potentially selling cloud technology to US immigration authorities.
The workers
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