“Ethics research” at Google, Facebook, etc., is the new “climate change research” at Exxon.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/08/exxon-climate-change-1981-climate-denier-funding
@aral The climate change research of Exxon was fine and their fleet of oil tankers very helpful for understanding the oceans.
When they realized climate change was a problem they stopped doing climate research and funded PR instead.