tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12019950387174706672024-03-08T03:32:07.485-08:00Management EthicsRhonda L Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15759280202313671985noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201995038717470667.post-46278550286497423402007-07-31T10:38:00.000-07:002007-07-31T10:39:10.648-07:00The Code of Ethics: Strengths and Limitations<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 13pt;">The Code of Ethics:<span style=""> </span>Strengths and Limitations</span></b><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b style=""><i style="">What They Can Do</i><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left">They <i style="">help</i> you find answers</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left">They protect you against pressure to censure holdings or compromise privacy</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left">They are a pledge to your patron about how their rights, interests and privacy will be</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0.5in;" align="left">protected</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left">They tell you what the professional standards of behavior are</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><b style=""><i style="">What They Can’t Do</i><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="">They can’t force ethical behavior</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left">They are not a panacea<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left">They can’t <i style="">give</i> you answers</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="left"><b style=""><o:p> </o:p></b></p>Rhonda L Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15759280202313671985noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201995038717470667.post-81803978751544671092007-07-30T11:34:00.000-07:002007-07-30T11:35:19.320-07:00Restrictive Gift Case StudyPlace your comments on the restrictive gift case study here. We will talk about these during class.<br />Thanks.Rachel Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08254895330065148991noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201995038717470667.post-45999536867868260382007-07-30T11:33:00.000-07:002007-07-30T11:34:24.095-07:00Homeless Case StudyPost your comments about the homeless case study here. We will discuss this in class tomorrow.Rachel Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08254895330065148991noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201995038717470667.post-40592768109205964692007-07-29T19:41:00.000-07:002007-07-29T19:42:22.140-07:00Ethics Survey<a href="http://www.pitt.edu/%7Erlclark/ethicssurvey.html">Here is an instrument</a> utilized to help gauge various libraries' responses to ethics issues.Rhonda L Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15759280202313671985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201995038717470667.post-61756211770315523842007-07-29T19:07:00.000-07:002007-07-31T10:48:17.335-07:00Our Stakeholders - Some Models for Understanding Relationships<a href="https://courseweb.pitt.edu/courses/1/2077_14460/db/_733320_1/Classic%20Stakeholder%20Analysis.doc">Click here for the models:</a><br /><br />Click <a href="https://webmail.pitt.edu/webmail/src/download.php?startMessage=16&passed_id=2057&amp;mailbox=INBOX&ent_id=4&passed_ent_id=0">here</a> for "Identifying Stakeholders"<br /><br />Click <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/%7Erlclark/stakeholderstable.html">here </a>for "Stakeholders in Project Management Lifecycle - Library Construction" table:Rhonda L Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15759280202313671985noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201995038717470667.post-6816306220536122062007-07-29T16:21:00.000-07:002007-07-30T11:33:35.696-07:00Ethical Decision Making Models in LibrarianshipStephen Shorb, the associate director for the George A. Smathers Library at the University of Florida, believes that librarians make ethical decisions everyday. In order to make those decisions Shorb believes that librarians should follow Raganathan's Five Laws of Library Science. These laws, which Raganathan wrote in 1931 are:<br /><ol><li>Books are for use</li><li>Every reader his/her book</li><li>Every book its reader</li><li>Save the time of the reader</li><li>The library is a growing organism</li></ol>Although Raganathan uses the term "book" he wrote that this includes all library materials. Book is just a generic term.<br /><br />So can ethical decisions be made using these laws? Can librarians base their decisions on a set of rules that were written 76 years ago? Do these laws still apply? Should librarians follow these rules or follow a code of ethics?<br /><br />These ideas were taken from the article "Ethical Decision Making in Library Administration" by Stephen Shorb. It was published in The Southeastern Librarian volume 52.Rachel Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08254895330065148991noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201995038717470667.post-81935220320934943482007-07-19T13:47:00.000-07:002007-07-23T11:39:33.374-07:00Ethical Questions Involving Library Theft PreventionAccording to Thomas B. Witt, a librarian with the New York Public Library System, librarians must answer several questions relating to their collection to prevent theft. I believe these questions all have ethical aspects that each library must consider for itself. Here are some of Witt's observations. Please discuss the ethical issues involved with each point.<br /><ol><li>An employee should never be on the premises alone. No employee should be permitted to check-out materials for his/her own self-- a co-worker should handle the transaction instead, preferably in the presence of a manager. Any materials checked-out for an employee should be placed in a bag that is stapled shut and put on a shelf in the manager's office until departure.<br /></li><li>The penalty for taking home materials without first checking them out should be immediate dismissal.</li><li>If one cannot afford to install security equipment to protect items of special value, it might be wise to sell a rare or valuable item, rather than incur the risk of theft. </li><li>Organize a student library security program to combat theft. The students would patrol the stacks and stop people who they feel have stolen items</li><li>To protect heavily stolen journal items professors should put the material on reserve or hand-out photocopies of the article in class.<br /></li></ol>These ideas were taken from the article "The Use of Electronic Book Theft Detection Systems in Libraries" by Thomas B. Witt.Rachel Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08254895330065148991noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1201995038717470667.post-10520762891172069222007-07-16T09:15:00.000-07:002007-07-31T05:04:00.904-07:00Philosophical Schools of Ethics<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14;">Philosophical Schools of Ethics in Thesaurus Form - Click <a href="http://www.pitt.edu/%7Erlclark/thesaurus.html">Here</a> for chart<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><o:p></o:p></b></p>Jim LaRuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02255240937334677755noreply@blogger.com0