Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Spring 2011)

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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: 148
Bibliographic Info:
Copyright Date: 2011
ISSN 1061-9321
Imprint: McFarland

Guest Editorial: Ethics: Thought and Implementation
James F. Welles      3

COLUMNS
Academics
The Ethical Importance of Extensive Quotation of Reviewed and Cited Authors
Joseph S. Fulda      5

Current Issues
Traumatized by Talk-Show Tricksters? Me Too!
Bob Dorsett      9

ARTICLES
Things in Themselves: A Prolegomenon to Redefining Intellectual Property in the Nano-Age
David Koepsell      12
A Mockery of Due Process: How U.S. Universities Talk Law and Fact but Rely on Freedom of Association
Joseph S. Fulda      28
Privacy from a Saudi Arabian Perspective: The Case of Students in a Private University
Yeslam Al-Saggaf and John Weckert      34
The Significance of a Suitable Information Ethical Code: A Case Study of the Chinese Morality Perspective
Christina Ling-hsing Chang      54
Impact of the Code of Ethics on Workplace Behavior in Academic Libraries
Kaetrena Davis Kendrick and Echo Leaver      86

Reviews      113
Web Briefs      141
Article Alerts      143

This issue of JIE is dedicated to its Advisory Board
members, especially Sanford Berman for his
unrelenting help. Thank you!

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