University research and development activities: Intrusion into areas untended? A review of recent developments and ethical issues raised

Information workers are increasingly required to involve themselves in activities which may have ethical implica tions: deciding between information sources, evaluating out put, carrying out surveys of usage, etc. There is little guidance as to what constitutes reasonable behaviour and there is, as yet, no adequate code of conduct for the profession. Debates on the usefulness of such a code have often lacked direction and failed to address the major issue of whether information can ever by supphed on a neutral, value-free, basis This article considers the arguments for and against the neutral supply of information services and summanses the main areas of ethical concern in information work and information research before assessing whether a formal code of ethics is really the best solution for the profession.

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University research and development activities: Intrusion into areas untended? A review of recent developments and ethical issues raised

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