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Information Ethics

Information Ethics. Dr. Marti Smith, The College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University January, 2006. Information Ethics. Use slides with acknowledgement. Information Ethics Today:. Family Members, Citizens, Professionals, and Public Policy Makers.

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Information Ethics

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  1. Information Ethics Dr. Marti Smith, The College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University January, 2006

  2. Information Ethics Use slides with acknowledgement.

  3. Information Ethics Today: Family Members, Citizens, Professionals, and Public Policy Makers

  4. Defining Information Ethics • Information ethics is a field of applied ethics that addresses the uses and abuses of information, information technology, and information systems for personal, professional, and public decision-making. (Elrod and Smith, 2005) ESTE. • ICIE http://icie.zkm.de

  5. Information Ethics-- Examples • For example, may I download someone else’s intellectual property like pictures or music? • Should librarians ever remove controversial books from the shelves or monitor users’ Internet searching? • Under what circumstances should the results of scientific research be publicly available?

  6. Five Major Areas of Concern

  7. Professional Codes of Ethics .American Library Association (http://www.ala.org) Explicit commitment to intellectual freedom, privacy, and service. • American Medical Association (CSEP) Patient right to receive information http://www.ama-assn.org/ • American Society for Information Science and Technology (http://www.asis.org ) Multiple responsibilities to employers, clients, users, profession, and society

  8. Codes • American Society for Public Administration (CSEP) Whistle blower policy statement. • Association for Computing Machinery (http://www.acm.org ) Identifies 24 imperatives as the elements of a personal commitment to ethical professional conduct.

  9. UDHR: Article 19 Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

  10. UNESCO InfoEthics • http://www.unesco.org • Information Ethics • The Information Society

  11. Hot Topics in the News • Google and China • Google and the Bush Administration • Healthcare Information, DNA, and Cloning • Surveillance Technologies in the Workplace • The Open-Source Movement • Internet Regulation

  12. Potter Box and Decision-Making • Potter Box Model (See attached handout)

  13. EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center • EPIC http://www.epic.org

  14. ACLU: Civil Liberties • http://www.aclu.org

  15. Wikipedia • Why Wikipedia? • The Internet • Evaluating information sources • Access to information • Open Source and collaborative knowledge building • Social networking and communities of practice • http://www.wikipedia.com

  16. Contact Information • Dr. Marti Smith • College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, • http://www.ischool.drexel.edu • marti.smith@ischool.drexel.edu • 215-895-1532 • http://infoethicist.blogspot.com

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