Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Fall 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: 116
Bibliographic Info:
Copyright Date: 2007
ISSN 1061-9321
Imprint: McFarland

Editorial: Access Subverted     3
Editorial: Rebuttal to “Access Subverted”     4

COLUMNS
Academics
Peer Review: Three Suggestions in the Spirit of “Mend It, Don’t End It”     6
PsychInfo: Jailhouse Informants     10
Current Issues: GigaBytes, Schmigabytes! Who Needs ’Em?     14

ARTICLES
Introduction to Articles from the Third Annual Information Ethics Roundtable     16
Intellectual Property and Coerced Exchanges     19
Mattlage on Copyright Relinquishment     31
Toward an Epistemology of Intellectual Property     34
Comment on “Toward an Epistemology of Intellectual Property”     52
The Controversy over Authorship in Medical Journals     55
Comments on Herrera’s “The Controversy over Authorship in Medical Journals”     71

ADDITIONAL ARTICLES
The Ethics of Pseudonymous Publication     75
Creationism: Religion or Materialism     90
The Ethics of Marketing Faith-Based Commodities     98

Reviews     105
Web Briefs     112
Article Alerts     115

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