Google deprioritizes its 'Don't be evil' clause in code of conduct

Google has all but removed a core principle from its employee code of conduct and people are taking notice. For the last 18 years, the Silicon Valley giant has put the phrase'Don't be evil' front and center in its code of conduct as a way of demonstrating that it wants Googlers to strive to do the right thing. That has since changed, however, as Google updated its code of conduct to only briefly mention the phrase, according to Gizmodo, which first spotted the move. Google has all but removed a core principle -- 'Don't be evil' -- from its employee code of conduct. In previous iterations of its code of conduct, Google dedicated several paragraphs to the principle.