Publications
Publications
- April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
- HBS Case Collection
Prodigy Services Company (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine
Abstract
Top executives of Prodigy Services Co. must decide how to respond when publicly accused of allowing anti-Semitic messages to be posted on the electronic bulletin boards of the company's interactive computer service. Can they defend free expression while at the same time opposing expressions of hatred and bigotry?
Keywords
Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Communication Intention and Meaning; Information Technology; Decision Making; Law; Management Teams; Information Technology Industry
Citation
Paine, Lynn S. "Prodigy Services Company (A)." Harvard Business School Case 393-126, April 1993. (Revised May 1994.)