nonpublic information) with effectively the entire company, engaging in an
informal question-and-answer session where any employee can theoretically
pose any question to higher-ups. In a 2009 blog post, a Google vice president
explained that “openness” is the fundamental principle on which the company
operates, ranging from their (admittedly self-serving) goal to make information
“open” via their search engine and other products to their philosophy on open-
source code, open protocols, and open corporate culture (Rosenberg 2009).
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