1. Fundamental Ethical Concepts Radical Change and Ethical Practice in the LIS Classroom Emily J.M. Knox @ejmknox knox@Illinois.edu emilyknox.net

2. What are Morals, Values, Ethics? As defined by Lester & Koehler (2007): Morals – set of mores, customs, and traditions that may be derived from social practice or from religious guidance. Values – enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable. Value system is an enduring organization of beliefs concerning preferable modes of conduct Ethics – application of values Lester, J. & Wallace, K. (2007). Fundamentals of Information Studies. Chicago: Neal-Schuman

3. Other Definitions Rachels – The Elements of Moral Philosophy (2011) “Morality is, at the very least, the effort to guide one’s conduct based on reason-- that is, to do what there are the best reasons for doing--while giving equal weight to the interests of each individual affected by one’s decision” (13) Kidder – How Good People Make Tough Choices (2003) How do you make a choice between two different rights? From Moulton – “Obedience to the unenforceable” (59) Rachels, James & Rachels, Stuart. (2011). Elements of Moral Philosophy, 7 th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Kidder, Rushworth M. (1995). How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the dilemmas of ethical living. New York, NY: Harper.

4. Ethical Theories From Rachels (2011) Ethical subjectivism Cultural Relativism Divine Command Theory Ethical Egoism Social Contract (includes Rawls’ social justice) Utilitarianism (Act and Rule) Good Will (Kant) Ethics of Care Virtue Ethics

5. Information Ethics -Applied ethics -Originally looked at information as a resource -Spinello (2012) argues that information ethics and computer ethics merged in the 1990s (Ed. note – Maybe) -Fallis (2007) argues that the field is primarily concerned with issues of access – this has become the guiding principle Fallis, D. (2007). Information ethics for 21st century library professionals. Library Hi Tech, 25 (1), 23-36, Spinello, R.A. (2012). Information and computer ethics: A brief history. Journal of Information Ethics, 21(2), 17-32.

6. Bibliography Fallis, D. (2007). Information ethics for 21st century library professionals. Library Hi Tech, 25 (1), 23-36, Floridi, L. (2010) Information ethics. Cambridge Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics. Cambridge University Press. 77-97 Kidder, Rushworth M. (1995). How Good People Make Tough Choices: Resolving the dilemmas of ethical living. New York, NY: Harper. Moore, A.D. (Ed.) (2005). Information ethics: Privacy, property, and power. Seattle: University of Washington Press. Preer, J. (2008). Library Ethics. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited Rachels, James & Rachels, Stuart. (2011). Elements of Moral Philosophy, 7 th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Rubin, R. & Froehlich, T.J. (2010). Ethical aspects of library and information science. In Bates, M.J. & Niles Maack, M. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, 3 rd ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. DOI: 10.1081/E-ELIS3-120044430 Spinello, R.A. (2012). Information and computer ethics: A brief history. Journal of Information Ethics, 21(2), 17-32.

7. Questions? Emily J.M. Knox Assistant Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign knox@Illinois.edu http://www.emilyknox.net @ejmknox