Bücher von Robert Hauptman

The field of information ethics (IE) was developed during the 1980s, originating and maturing in library science and slowly working its way into other disciplines and practical applications. This comprehensive overview of IE evaluates the production, dissemination, storage, accessing and retrieval of information in an ethical context.

A collection of essays that are divided into five subject areas: freedom of information and the pursuit of knowledge; information, technology and education; information, rights and social justice; ethics and the Internet; and professional ethics. It features writers who give a variety of views on the value of information and its ethical dimension.

Authorial Ethics is a normative study that deals with the many ways in which writers abuse their commitment to truth and integrity. It is divided by academic discipline and includes chapters on journalism, history, literature, art, psychology, and science, among others. Robert Hauptman offers generalizations and theoretical remarks exemplified by specific cases. Two major abrogations are inadvertent error and purposeful misconduct, which is subdivided into falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism. All of these problems appear in most disciplines, although their negative impact is felt most potently in biomedical research and publication. Professor Mary Lefkowitz, the classicist, provides an incisive foreword.