Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring 2007)

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Robert Hauptman is professor emeritus of St. Cloud State University and editor of the Journal of Information Ethics.

Edited by Robert Hauptman
Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages: 104
Bibliographic Info:
Copyright Date: 2007
ISSN 1061-9321
Imprint: McFarland

Editorial     3

COLUMNS
Academics: “Chaser Papers”: A Plea for Understanding Between Authors and Editors     5

Current Issues: Information Infestation     8
Current Issues: Whence Cometh (or Goeth) Ghost Writers?     11

ARTICLES
Introduction     13
Truth as a Value in the Grants Process     16
Awarding Grants: One Author’s Personal Guide to Ethical Participation in the Act of Giving Out Money     28
Ethics in Grant Funded Academia: Issues and Questions     42
Rubber Stamp-type Decisions for Funding of Academic Research: Paradigms and Conflicts of Interest     53
The Government Grant System: Inhibitor of Truth and Innovation     59
Information Ethics and Disaster Grants     70
Donated or Mandated/: The NGO/Donor Relationship     74

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES

Privacy for Sale—Business as Usual in the 21st Century: An Economic and Normative Critique     83
Corporate Spooks: Never Heard of ’Em     99
Classism in the Stacks: Libraries and Proverty     103

Reviews     111
Web Briefs     120
Article Alerts     123

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