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
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
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?
Five Major Areas of Concern
Professional Codes of Ethics.American Library Association ( Explicit commitment to intellectual freedom, privacy, and service. American Medical Association (CSEP) Patient right to receive information American Society for Information Science and Technology ( ) Multiple responsibilities to employers, clients, users, profession, and societyhttp://
Codes American Society for Public Administration (CSEP) Whistle blower policy statement. Association for Computing Machinery ( ) Identifies 24 imperatives as the elements of a personal commitment to ethical professional conduct.
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.
UNESCO InfoEthics Information Ethics The Information Society
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
Potter Box and Decision-Making Potter Box Model (See attached handout)
EPIC: Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC
ACLU: Civil Liberties
Wikipedia Why Wikipedia? The Internet Evaluating information sources Access to information Open Source and collaborative knowledge building Social networking and communities of practice
Contact Information Dr. Marti Smith College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia,