Values equal profits: more on Google in China, er, Hong Kong edition.

I have long preached that values equal profits. This includes the fierce, global, innovative tech industry. Thus, I reprint my comment here to the head of TechCrunch on his article that companies should not be concerned with doing good:

Michael, you are right on the specifics but wrong on the larger point.

As I wrote on my site, Google has done nothing more in China than pretend to stand up to their views. And of course: "Don't be Evil" is absolutely not the same as "Stand up to Evil."

With respect to the larger issue of companies doing good, I think you're way off. We are now in a globally connected world where anyone can get anything at anytime anywhere. This invites pricing battles and scalability -- which in turn, invite anti-democratic practices (to put it mildly). But the growing, ultimately prevailing Rebel Alliance, will reject this. We will turn to those companies that promote and enable (and many times) match our values.

Values equal profits!