The former employee disrupted Microsoft’s 50th-anniversary event.
  • TarantulaFudge@startrek.websiteEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Microsoft has policy that prevents it from retaliatory actions against human rights violations. Court should rule Microsoft violated its own policies…

    • taladar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 months ago

      prevents it from retaliatory actions against human rights violations

      They can’t retaliate if someone violates human rights?

      • taipan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        They’re referencing what the second protester (Vaniya Agrawal) mentioned in her email:

        Know that Microsoft’s human rights statement prohibits retaliation against anyone who raises a human rights-related concern: Human rights statement | Microsoft CSR

        The Microsoft Global Human Rights Statement has a “Foundational principles” section that says:

        Our commitment to human rights defenders: Our commitment to respecting and advancing human rights includes respect and support for the work of human rights defenders around the world. Human rights defenders are people who, individually or with others, engage in activities and advocacy that contribute to the protection of human rights and the rule of law, good governance, tolerance, and diversity and inclusion. Human rights defenders face persistent physical, social, economic, and psychological threats. Microsoft does not tolerate threats, intimidation, retaliation, physical, legal or cyber-attacks against human rights defenders. This commitment extends to all human rights defenders, including those working on issues related to Microsoft and those exercising their rights of freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly, including to challenge or protest aspects of our own business.

        Microsoft is clearly declining to fulfill its commitment as it is written in its statement.

  • wise_pancake@lemmy.caEnglish
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    3 months ago

    the email to Aboussad reads. “It is also concerning that you have not apologized to the company, and in fact you have shown no remorse for the effect that your actions have had and will have.”

    Obviously there were going to fire these employees, especially the one who gave notice then did this.

    But why the fuck would anyone be like “yOu DiDn’T eVeN aPoLoGiZe To ThE cOmPaNy”? That’s the stupidest god damn thing I’ve heard since “Liberation Day”

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Because law. At every opportunity, make it seem like the employees were not blowing the whistle, but purposefully harming the company.

    • FourWaveforms@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      That email was almost certainly written by lawyers with the intention of supporting MS in court, should it come down to that.

      • binom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        that makes sense. i hate the fact that such a blatant play at covering your bases could hold up in any court. no matter the legal fineprint, it takes two functioning braincells to realise what’s going on here

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Bingo. Lots of stupid things at this level boil down to legal protection. You’ll see it everywhere once you learn and look.

        • parody@lemmings.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          “Lucky we’re not countersuing! Oh the damages you are certain to be causing in the futureeee, the burns”

          Actually now that I think about it maybe this was a multimillion dollar protest. The headlines have been published for and wide. I bet a few people spent more time feeling guilty than working right after as well - imagine one of them quitting. Still somewhat hard to believe it would lose them contracts but perhaps there will be potential customers who want to avoid connection with Microsoft until this blows over.

    • seeigel@feddit.orgEnglish
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      3 months ago

      But why the fuck would anyone be like “yOu DiDn’T eVeN aPoLoGiZe To ThE cOmPaNy”?

      Frame the debate. MS doesn’t have to justify their profiteering if they can talk about the employee. The attention span of the public is limited.

    • GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Hey, when’s the last time you showed remorse to your multi-trillion market cap employer? Next you’re gonna tell me something really outrageous like you didn’t even swear an oath of fealty to them.

  • MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The fact that they’re asking her to apologize is Just ass backwards.

    They should apologize, and look into the issue, and possibly, stop, war profiting.

    That’s okay. They’re going to lose a lot of Windows users, forcing them to upgrade Perfectly good computers.

  • SulaymanF@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    IBM had a role in the holocaust. Those numbers tattooed on everyone in the concentration camp? Those were IBM ID numbers for the punch cards.

    If IBM staff protested about their role, it’s been lost to history. But it’s repeating today with Gaza and the staff who speak out are being demonized. Israel’s Lavender AI is being used to kill civilians. History will prove this woman and the other employees right in the end.