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Inside Foxconn’s empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin

#china #foxconn #politics #tax #tech_industry #us | <blockquote>In 2017, then-Governor Scott Walker and President Trump announced a historic deal with Foxconn to bring manufacturing jobs to Wisconsin. But none of the jobs, buildings, or promises have been fulfilled—and look like they never will. The Verge’s Josh Dzieza investigates two years of what happened behind the scenes at Foxconn in Wisconsin.</blockquote>

5 years ago | View Shared by victor

Hiring and the market for lemons

#career #careers #hiring #management #tech_industry

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Don’t Take My DataCamp Course, There Must be Consequences for Sexual Assault

#assault #organisation #post #tech_industry #violence | <blockquote>A DataCamp executive committed sexual misconduct. DataCamp admitted this in its own post. There must be consequences for executives for such conduct. Don't take my course, or any DataCamp course, if you can avoid it.</blockquote>

6 years ago | View Shared by victor

"Ethics" and Ethics - iA

#business #design_ethics #ethics #tech_industry

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The end of navel gazing | Inside Intercom

#article #career #critique #design_industry #tech_industry #ux

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Design is diversity: it’s time to talk about our role as designers

#design #diversity #ethics #impact #tech_industry #trade #ux

8 years ago | View Shared by victor

Digital Technology doesn't have values. People do. - Digital

#design #diversity #future #tech_culture #tech_industry | <blockquote>“Once you skip ahead to think technology will either harm everything or solve everything, you’ve effectively removed the need to apply critical thinking.” (Amy Webb)</blockquote>

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The ethics of unpaid labour and the OSS community

#contribution #inequality #meritocracy #open_source #tech_culture #tech_industry #wages #work_ethics

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Out of Office Hours

#business #career #mentor #startups #tech #tech_industry | <blockquote>Creating dialog between newcomers and people working in the tech industry.</blockquote>

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Why Computer Programmers Should Stop Calling Themselves Engineers - The Atlantic

#code #development #engineering #language #tech_industry | <blockquote>Greenwashing , or "green sheen,"[1][2] is a form of spin in which green PR or green marketing is deceptively used to promote the perception that an organization's products, aims or policies are environmentally friendly.[3] Evidence that an organization is greenwashing often comes from pointing out the spending differences: when significantly more money or time has been spent advertising being "green" , than is actually spent on environmentally sound practices.[4] Greenwashing efforts...