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Comment Re:1.2 Billion (Score 1) 85

Remember folks. When you lie, cheat, and steal for 1.2 billion dollars, we will talk about all the pressures you are under and force you to resign in disgrace. If you rob $100 from the cash register at quickie-mart when the cashier isn't looking, we'll talk about how you're the scourge of society and put you away for 20 years.

And? Adults repeat the same pattern over and over, the same pattern they learned during schooling. At school you're judged based on your scores. With good scores, a youthful indiscretion is worth a mere reprimand. Similarly, during adulthood in the (American) society, you're judged based on the $$ you earn. A CEO is (usually) at the top of the scale, and as long as his bad behavior doesn't exceed the company's boundaries, he is forgiven.

In a way, the CEO acts on behalf of the rest of the company. His actions (in this case) were not to enrich himself. He was acting trying to help the company, globally.

The punishment will come from markets, affecting the whole company.

Comment Re:Taxi company (Score 1) 193

If it's not too late already, Über should diversify. Über's ambiguity lies into the fact that they implemented a totally new digital way to rent something, e.g. a car/taxi. The problem is that it applies only to "rent a car with chauffeur for a short trip", ie like a taxi. They should try to apply their technology to something different to prove they're not (only) a taxi company, and that may be difficult.

Submission + - Japanese court orders Google to delete past reports on man's arrest

Submitted by AmiMoJo
AmiMoJo writes: The Saitama District Court has ordered Google Inc. to delete past reports on a man's arrest over molestation from its online search results after ruling that they violate the man's personal rights. The man, who was arrested about three years ago after molesting a girl under 18, and fined 500,000 yen (£2600, $4000). "He harbours remorse over the incident and is leading a new life. The search results prevent him from rehabilitating himself," the man's defence counsel said. The presiding judge recognized that the incident was not of historical or social significance, that the man is not in public office and that his offence was relatively minor. He concluded there was little public interest in keeping such reports displayed online three years after the incident. The judge acknowledged that search engines play a public role in assisting people's right to know.

Originally from Surado, the new name for Slashdot Japan: http://it.srad.jp/story/15/07/...

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