The Scope of Information Ethics

<p> The field of information ethics (IE)--a subdivision of ethics--was developed during the 1980s originating and maturing in library science and slowly working its way into other disciplines and practical applications. Some years later a secondary field emerged emphasizing theoretical and philosophical concepts with little focus on real-world applicability.</p><p> The first of its kind this comprehensive overview of IE evaluates the production dissemination storage accessing and retrieval of information in an ethical context in areas including the humanities sciences medicine and business. A leading figure in the field the author is concerned with misconduct (falsification fabrication plagiary) peer review the law privacy imaging and robotics among other matters.</p>