162
Family sues Google after Maps allegedly directed father off collapsed bridge (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml
99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago

Discuss!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 3 points 3 years ago (5 children)

In what world are you holding corporations to moral rather than legal definitions? This is about legal liability.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

    You don't think corporations have any sort of moral responsibility? That's fucked up, ngl. Of course corporations should have moral responsibility for their actions (or inaction).

    This is about legal liability.

    I said "some responsibility". You mentioned legal liability. I think there's lots more to responsibility than just who is legally liable. To me that seems like a no brainer.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    This is an article about being sued. If your want to change the scope you should be specific to what you're expanding too.

    And no, corporations are run by thousands of people all with a wide and diverse definition of ethical. I do not place ethical standards on them whatsoever. I expect them to act within the legal limits of the country of operation and what public opinion will tolerate. To expect anything otherwise is silly.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
    •
  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I just talked about responsibility. It by default is a wider thing than just legal responsibility.

    And no, corporations are run by thousands of people all with a wide and diverse definition of ethical. I do not place ethical standards on them whatsoever.

    That's fucking grim.

    what public opinion will tolerate

    What is that public opinion based on if not in part on moral judgement?

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The public is happy to buy from companies that engage in unethical behavior. There is a higher bar that is tolerated before consumers will stop purchasing products however.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •