Annotated Works Consulted
I fully acknowledge that you're like to never ever read any of this.
With that in mind, if you ever truly get back round to this list, please do visit this book first. It is brief and rather comprehensive. It is a very rare find in that it is written specifically for Library and Information Science. Of course, currency + relevance = expensive. But, my Library owns a copy, and I'm more than happy to ILL it.
A Handbook of Ethical Practice
McMenemy, David; Poulter Alan and Burton, Paul F.
1843342316
This source is a general ethics compilation. The chapters are reprints of New York Times columns that deal with business ethics, but many of the values struggles contained within are relevant to us as librarians. It is relatively brief and quite readable to me.
The Right Thing : Conscience, Profit and Personal Responsibility in Today's Business
Seglin, Jeffrey L.
0978689909
A few years back, I took a stab at reading this book. I was fully anticipating giving up the ghost round page 20 or so. However, it's infinitely readable. Boston Public recently hosted the author for a talk, and I'm afraid I'm a copyright roadie now. If you have an opportunity to go and hear the author lecture, take it.
Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity
Vaidhyanathan, Siva.
0814788068
This work probably formed entirely too much of my personality, thanks to one of my rabble rousing High School English teachers.
Resistance to Civil Government
Thoreau, Henry David
I really struggled with this one on philosophical grounds, and finally threw in the towel round page 171. This book deals with a very specific kind of courage - that is acting correctly amidst great turmoil. The author has a great deal of clout and is often referenced in other ethics bibliographies.
Moral Courage
Kidder, Rushworth M.
0060591544
For Further Exploration
I started this slideshow with a few thumbnails from Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966).
Another flick worth watching that deals with ethics and information science is Mike Judge's Office Space (1999) Not only does the plot centre about an ethical dilemma, there's a fax machine gang beating. So, I'm going to have to ask you if you could go ahead and watch this. Yeah, that would be great.
Background image swiped from Paul Bourke "Texture, colour"
He retains rights, but you can read his copyright stuff here.
http://local.wasp.uwa.edu.au/~pbourke/texture_colour
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*Of course in reference and awe of the All Mighty Python, Monty.
