Journal of Information Ethics, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Fall 2015)

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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), back issue
Pages: 156
Bibliographic Info:
Copyright Date: 2015
ISSN 1061-9321
Imprint: McFarland

Editorial: A Perennial Question Revisited: Free Will (Robert Hauptman) 3

Columns

Intellectual Freedom
The Economics of Privacy: Rethinking the Value of Personal Data Collection (Judy Anderson) 5

Ethics in the Cultural and Educational Industries
The Politics of Trigger Warnings (Juris Dilevko) 9

PsychInfo
An Exam That Is Not Part of the Student’s Grade: What Will Be the Effect? (Russell Eisenman) 13

Current Issues

Editorial Discretion, Censorship and Untenable ­Counter-Theories (Robert Hauptman) 18

Articles

Introduction (Robert Hauptman) 22

Scientific Misconduct: How Best to Punish Those Who Consciously Violate Our Profession’s Integrity? (Michael Hadjiargyrou) 23

Correcting Error: Strategic Considerations (Brian Martin) 31

Forgers, Connoisseurs, and the Nazi Past (Christa Roodt) 43

The Real Mystery of the Shroud of Turin: Why Does the Catholic Church Not Publicly Declare That It is Not Authentic? (Charles Freeman) 63

The Tyranny of Dogma (David Rasnick) 76

Academic Barriers to Discussion (Nigel Konstam) 96

A Collision of Cultural Values and Ethics with Scholarly Correction (Alan Tarica) 105

The Decline of Science (Ivor Catt) 113

Reviews 121

Web Briefs 148

Article Alerts 152

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