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How can we create sound ethics and ethical behavior in programmers and others?

  • Ethics are learned. They can be taught.
  • Societal norms for right and wrong in cyberspace are still emerging. LIS schools and professionals are very well positioned to have an impact on the emerging norms.
  • No technologies should be introduced without consideration to the ethical considerations and uses of those technologies. These include everything from laptops and cellular phones, to Web authoring and use, to custom applications.
  • We can incorporate ethics instruction with technology instruction. In fact, we often do!

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