[governance] Egypt and Internet Governance

[Ian Peter]

To me the first basic rule in these situations is that companies should be
required and should agree to act only on judicial orders, not to political
pressure.

In this sense Vodafone in Egypt is the same as either Paypal or Amazon in US
in the case of Wikileaks.



Ian Peter


> From: Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>, Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:46:19 -0800
> To: <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
> Subject: [governance] Egypt and Internet Governance
> 
> However, the example of Vodafone clearly demonstrates that there is an
> urgent need to define 'the rules of engagement' which dominate these
> relationships, especially when they are socially counterproductive. But it
> is the question of context which seems to have failed Vodafone on this
> occasion; its active participation in creating a local context which may
> shake the economic stability and investment opportunities in Egypt makes it
> a culprit, which rather than reinforce its market position, will shake it
> not only at a regional level, but internationally. In this case,
> 'hyper-connectivity' resulted in a dramatic loss of transparency,
> decision-making, and reactions which neglected to monitor and engage in
> dialogue with its key stakeholders; the people.
> 
> http://theentrepreneurialist.net/2011/01/29/vodafone-egypt-a-tale-of-profits
> -over-ethics/
> 
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