Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 2012)

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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: 160
Bibliographic Info:
Copyright Date: 2012
ISSN 1061-9321
Imprint: McFarland

Tale of Contents

Twentieth Anniversary Issue: Perspectives on Information and Computer Ethics, and the Law

Editorial: Too Much (Misleading and Potentially Harmful) Information
Robert Hauptman      3
Publisher’s Comments
Robert Franklin      4
Forum      5

COLUMNS
Academics
Authors’ Moral Rights—And How Editors and Publishers Routinely Abridge Them
Joseph S. Fulda      7
PsychInfo
Crimes for Which There Is No Public Information
Russell Eisenman      10
ARTICLES
Twenty Years of Information Ethics and the Journal of Information Ethics
Mark Alfino      13
Information and Computer Ethics: A Brief History
Richard A. Spinello      17
“I Guess We’ll Just Have to Wait for the Movie to Come Out”: A Protracted First Stand for Teaching Information Ethics
Toni Samek      33
Computer Ethics as a Field of Applied Ethics: Core Questions and Future Directions
Herman T. Tavani      52
Law vs. Ethics: Conflict and Contrast in Laws Affecting the Role of Libraries, Schools, and Other Information Intermediaries
Tomas A. Lipinski      71
Google Books and Other Internet Mischief
Joseph S. Fulda      104
Permissions and Their Costs
Robert Hauptman      110
Intellectual Property, Fee or Free?
Judy Anderson      114

Reviews      122
Web Briefs      148
Article Alerts      153

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