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The scope of information ethics : challenges in education, technology, communications, medicine and other domains / Robert Hauptman ; foreword by Johannes K. Britz ; afterword by Elizabeth A. Buchanan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hauptman, Robert, 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Information technology.
- Information science--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Information science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- The field of information ethics (IE)--a subdivision of ethics--was developed during the 1980s, originating and maturing in library science and slowly working its way into other disciplines and practical applications. Some years later, a secondary field emerged, emphasizing theoretical and philosophical concepts, with little focus on real-world applicability. The first of its kind, this comprehensive overview of IE evaluates the production, dissemination, storage, accessing and retrieval of information in an ethical context in areas including the humanities, sciences, medicine and business. A leading figure in the field, the author is concerned with misconduct (falsification, fabrication, plagiary), peer review, the law, privacy, imaging and robotics, among other matters.
- Contents:
- Data and information
- Ethics and law
- Theory
- Research
- Science
- Social science
- Humanities
- Peer review, publication, retraction
- Storage, access, provision
- Intellectual freedom and censorship
- Computer ethics and the internet
- Privacy, security, surveillance
- Law
- Academia and its discontents
- Business
- Medicine
- Architecture and engineering
- Expert systems, robotics, war
- Images, imaging and the imagination.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-3530-7
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