information ethics

Considerations regarding information ethics influence "personal decisions, professional practice, and public policy".

Information ethics broadly examines issues related to ownership, access, privacy, security, and community.

The field of information ethics has a relatively short but progressive history having been recognized in the United States for nearly 20 years.

He is best known for his work on two areas of philosophical research: the philosophy of information and information ethics.

This field is related to internet ethics, rational and ethical decision making models, and information ethics.

The field of information ethics was established by mathematician Norbert Wiener in the 1940s.

Information ethics is related to the fields of computer ethics and the philosophy of information.

Currently, Floridi is working on two areas of research: computer ethics (see the entry information ethics) and the concept of information.

See also his [http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/publications/pdf/replies.pdf Information Ethics: A Reappraisal], with replies to the articles published in the special issue.

Martinsons also pioneered the research of both green business issues (sustainable development and environmental technologies) and information ethics in the context of Hong Kong and China.

The conceptual foundations of computer ethics are investigated by information ethics, a branch of philosophical ethics established by Luciano Floridi.

Hacktivism (a portmanteau of hack and activism) is the use of computers and computer networks to promote political ends, chiefly free speech, human rights, and information ethics.

Vocino's research interests continue to be information ethics, public ethics, minority rights and the intersection of ethics and minority rights with film history/narrative and film theory.

Another scholar, Robert Hauptman, has also written extensively about information ethics in the library field and founded the Journal of Information Ethics in 1992.

Bruckman's most recent work, often done in conjunction with graduate students she advises, has dealt with topics in information ethics, game studies, computer-supported collaboration and wikis, and women in computing.

The school was recognized by UNESCO as one of the "leading international academic institutions" for its "ongoing role in promoting e-government and information ethics initiatives in Africa" in 2009.

In 1988, a librarian at St. Cloud University by the name of Robert Hauptman, came up with "information ethics", a term that was used to describe the storage, production, access and dissemination of information.

Information ethics has been defined as "the branch of ethics that focuses on the relationship between the creation, organization, dissemination, and use of information, and the ethical standards and moral codes governing human conduct in society".

Bynum, Terrell Ward (2010), "Historical Roots of Information Ethics", in Floridi, Luciano, Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics, Cambridge University Press, pp.

A Tool to Measure Ethical Reasoning of IT Professionals and Students, Abdolmohammadi, M. J, Fedorowicz, J., In Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security (pp.

"Information imperialism: Moral problems in information flow from South to North" Information ethics in the electronic age: current issues in Africa and the world T. Mendoza and J. J. Britz.

Bynum, Terrell Ward (2008), "Norbert Wiener and the Rise of Information Ethics", in van den Hoven, Jeroen ; Weckert, John, Information Technology and Moral Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, pp.

The main, peer-reviewed, academic journals reporting on information ethics are the Journal of the Association of Information Systems, the flagship publication of the Association of Information Systems, and Ethics and Information Technology, published by Springer.