Although still far smaller than Uber, Lyft is running a successful charm offensive to brand itself the kinder, gentler version of Uber, whose hyper - competitive tactics have crossed the line several times, as
our business ethics blogger Chris MacDonald wrote recently:
You raise an important issue (and I had a similar — if abbreviated — discussion with someone on Twitter) when you mention that many
bloggers are not professional journalists and therefore may not be familiar with the
ethics of the
business: that receiving a free book from a publisher does not compel one to write a positive (or any) review, that it's okay not to like a book, that there's nothing wrong with a thoughtful, fair, negative review.