Learning Objectives
After reading this chapter, the reader will be able to understanding:
1. Information professional ethics is the field of study that is concerned with problem of significance in term working as information providers
2. Information professional ethic facing several issue arise according to their field problem.
3. Ethics also include the standards, values, morals, principles, etc., that are used as the basis in decisions or actions while working.
4. In ethical decision making, there is often no clear “right” or "wrong” answer
INTRODUCTION
What is ethic?
Ethics is referring to a system or code of conduct based on moral duties and obligations that indicate how an individual should …show more content…
Access To Information
The main purpose of information professionals is to provide access to information for all professional fields for information. Disclaimer of professional information and Prohibit any restriction on access to information and ideas, using a filtering either by States, Governments, civil society or religion or institution.
Professional information offering service to the public should try to make their access offer to every collection and services free of charge to the user. If membership fees and administrative charges are unavoidable, they should be kept as low as possible and practical solutions found so less fortunate people is not excluded. Information professionals promote and give publicity to the collection and services so that the users and potential users are aware of the existence and availability of them. Professional information is using the methods that have the most effective ways to ensure that the materials are accessible by all. For this reason they are trying to find information on professional website which meets with international standards for access and access to them is not subject to restrictions.
2. Responsibility For The Individual And …show more content…
Information professional shows respect to the national and language minorities their rights to access information in their own language. Besides, they sorting and deliver the content in a way that autonomy that will allows users to find information that needed. They helping and supporting those users in need on their search for