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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
As for honor, for both the publishers, and Amazon (as a publisher), should in the business of disseminating information, not hiding it.
There are some secrets that I think should be kept secret, like, say, the name of an spy who would be killed if exposed, or a how-to on chemical weapons, or a list of employees seeing a psychiatrist. But the details of a commercial financial negotiation hardly rise to that level. I can't imagine what public benefit occurs when, say, News Corp. (owns HarperCollins) knows legitimate business news and keeps it secret. Maybe such openness would means fewer mergers and acquisitions, but since they often cost jobs, so what?
Rather than media bias or one party being more honorable than the other one, here is the most plausible reason why the press seems to be publishing more of the Hachette story than the Amazon story:
http://jimromenesko.com/2013/08/18/i...s-easiest-job/
Being secretive should not be seen as a plus. |
I was assuming the "honor" spoken of is "fulfilling my agreements" "not breaking contract" and specifically "not violating the terms of the NDA we agreed to abide by".
Honor means so many different things to different people; one thing I should hope we all agreed on is the importance of keeping your word.