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Dilemmas regarding Information Management are more prevalent in a society that is increasingly focused on shared knowledge. Information transmission and literacy are essential concerns in establishing an ethical foundation that promotes fair, equitable, and responsible practices. Information ethics broadly examines issues related to ownership, access, privacy, security, and community.

Information technology affects fundamental rights involving copyright protection, intellectual freedom, accountability, and security.

Professional codes offer a basis for making ethical decisions and applying ethical solutions to situations involving information provision and use which reflect an organization’s commitment to responsible information service. Evolving information formats and needs require continual reconsideration of ethical principles and how these codes are applied. Considerations regarding information ethics influence “personal decisions, professional practice, and Public Policy ” (Elrod & Smith, 2005). Therefore, ethical analysis must provide a framework to take into consideration “many, diverse domains” (ibid.) regarding how information is distributed.


REFERENCES

  • E. Elrod and M. Smith (2005). "Information Ethics", in ''Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics'', ed. by Carl Mitcham. Vol. 2: D-K (1004-1011). Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA.

  • Luciano Floridi (1999). "Information Ethics: On the Theoretical Foundations of Computer Ethics" , ''Ethics and Information Technology'' 1.1, 37-56.

  • Richard A. Spinello and Herman T. Tavani (eds.) (2004). ''Readings in Cyberethics'', second ed. Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

  • Herman T. Tavani (2004). ''Ethics & Technology: Ethical Issues in an Age of Information and Communication Technology''. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc..



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  • [http://www.computersandsociety.org/sigcas_ofthefuture2/sigcas/subpage/sub_page.cfm?article=925&page_number_nb=1] Luciano Floridi , "Information Ethics, its Nature and Scope", ''Computers & Society'', 34.5, 2005. [http://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/~floridi/pdf/edlisnya.pdf Spanish translation] in Isegoría .

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