Article
A Note on Civil Disobedience and Professional Ethics Codes
Journal of Information Ethics
Document Type
Preprint
Publication Date
1-1-2013
DOI
10.3172/JIE.22.2.61
Disciplines
Abstract
In her exemplary book The Ethical Archivist, Elena S. Danielson devotes a chapter to professional ethics codes and points out that “[m]any informed observers do not feel that complying with the law has any place in a statement on ethics since laws enforce existing power relationships, which may be unfair.” (p.45) I will argue that including civil disobedience principles in ethics codes may be preferable to rejecting legal compliance as a consideration.
Citation Information
W. Bede Mitchell. "A Note on Civil Disobedience and Professional Ethics Codes" Journal of Information Ethics Vol. 22 Iss. 2 (2013) p. 61 - 65 ISSN: 1061-9321 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/w_bede_mitchell/73/
This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the Journal of Information Ethics.