LEARNING HOW TO PROVIDE
REFERENCE SERVICES
INS 2602
INFORMATION ETHICS AND CODES
SEMESTER: 02/2014
STUDENT NAME:
FAEEDA ALMANO
STUDENT NUMBER:
50898140
ASSIGNMENT:
01
UNIQUE NUMBER:
878922
Declaration Statement: I declare that this is my own original work prepared specifically for the module; INS 2602, and that all sources I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references
Faeeda Almano
2014/08/18
Table of Contents
Page
Introduction
4
Ethics
5-6
Principles of the Codes
6-7
Similarities of the Codes
7-8
Shortcomings of the Codes
8
Conclusion
9
Sources Cited
10
Definition of Key Concepts
Code of ethics: A written set of guidelines issued by an organization to its workers and management to help them conduct their actions in accordance with its primary values and ethical standards.
Ethics: Are moral principles that govern a person’s behaviour or the conducting of an activity.
Ethic: the moral system or set of principles particular to a certain person, community or group
IFLA:
International Federation of Library Association
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Information access: is the field that investigates the ethical issues arising from the development and application of information technologies.
Information Ethics: is a term used to describe the study and evaluation of the various ethical issues that arise in a worked that is driven by the sharing of electronic data.
Information Scientists: an individual, usually with a relevant subject degree or high level of subject knowledge, providing focused information to scientific and technical research staff in industry, a role quite distinct from and complementary to that of a librarian.
IT: Information Technology
Moral: (adj) belonging or relating to the principles of good and evil or right and wrong. A person capable of distinguishing between what is right and what is wrong.
Moral: (n) a principle or practical lesson that can be learnt from a
References: Define at least two key words (Professional Code of Ethics and Information Ethics) indicating where you got them, e.g Smith, 2012: 15