Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces

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Monday, January 31, 2011

Connecticut Library To Show 'Sicko' After All; Library Journal, 1/26/11

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Library Journal; Connecticut Library To Show 'Sicko' After All : "Dutcher said he would attempt to "balance" the film...

New Partners in the Plagiarism-Detection Business; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/26/11

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Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education; New Partners in the Plagiarism-Detection Business : "The latter runs essays through a datab...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Republican Congressman Proposes Tracking Freedom of Information Act Requests; New York Times, 1/29/11

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Eric Lipton, New York Times; Republican Congressman Proposes Tracking Freedom of Information Act Requests : "But his extraordinary requ...

House Ethics Committee Clears 3 of Conflict of Interest; New York Times, 1/27/11

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Eric Lipton, New York Times; House Ethics Committee Clears 3 of Conflict of Interest : "The House ethics committee, in one of its first...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

High Price for India’s Information Law; New York Times, 1/23/11

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Lydia Polgreen, New York Times; High Price for India’s Information Law : "Mr. Jethwa was one of millions of Indians who had embraced th...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

G.O.P. Grants Reprieve to House Ethics Office; New York Times,

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Ron Nixon,New York Times; G.O.P. Grants Reprieve to House Ethics Office : "Before the 2010 midterm elections, speculation was rampant t...
Friday, January 21, 2011

In Florida, Virtual Classrooms With No Teachers; New York Times, 1/18/11

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Laura Herrera, New York Times; In Florida, Virtual Classrooms With No Teachers : "Under the state’s class-reduction amendment, high sch...

Google Co-Founder Page To Replace Schmidt As CEO; NPR, 1/20/11

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NPR; Google Co-Founder Page To Replace Schmidt As CEO : "In October, Schmidt drew fire for responding to a hypothetical question posed ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Radio Ban Elicits Protests; New York Times, 1/16/11

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Ian Austin, New York Times; Radio Ban Elicits Protests : "Over the last quarter-century, “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits has moved ...

2 AOL Tech Blogs Face Off in a War of Insults; New York Times, 1/17/11

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Verne G. Kopytoff, New York Times; 2 AOL Tech Blogs Face Off in a War of Insults : "Last week, Mr. Arrington started a five-day online ...
Monday, January 17, 2011

The Golden Globes scandal: What integrity?; Boston Globe, 1/16/11

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Ty Burr, Boston Globe; The Golden Globes scandal: What integrity? : "Yes, apparently there's a reason that "Burlesque" an...

[Podcast] African Americans And The Internet; NPR's Morning Edition, 1/17/11

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[Podcast] NPR's Morning Edition; African Americans And The Internet : "African Americans are more likely than whites to access the ...

Tennessee Tea Parties demand textbooks contain no mean things about Founding Fathers; Salon.com, 1/13/11

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Alex Pareene, Salon.com; Tennessee Tea Parties demand textbooks contain no mean things about Founding Fathers : "Tennessee Tea Party gr...

Texting, 'friending' a morass for educators; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/16/11

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Anya Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Texting, 'friending' a morass for educators : "When Sidney Alvarez became Avonworth publi...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

[Op-Ed] Send Huck Finn to College; New York Times, 1/16/11

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[Op-Ed] Lorrie Moore, New York Times; Send Huck Finn to College : "EVER since NewSouth Books announced it would publish a version of “T...

Too Much Information; New York Times, 1/9/11

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Lisa A. Phillips, New York Times; Too Much Information : "A FEW weeks after I started a tenure-track job last semester at the State Uni...

Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer plans to hand over offshore banking secrets of the rich and famous to WikiLeaks; Guardian, 1/16/11

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Ed Vulliamy, Guardian; Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer plans to hand over offshore banking secrets of the rich and famous to WikiLeaks : ...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

[Podcast] Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Public Imagination; On the Media, 1/14/11

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[Podcast] On the Media; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Public Imagination : "On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. did what he’...

[Podcast] 10 Years of Wikipedia; On the Media, 1/14/11

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[Podcast] On the Media; 10 Years of Wikipedia : "Wikipedia, the free, web-based, crowd-sourced, multi-lingual encyclopedia, turns 10 ye...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Scientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/13/11

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Paul Basken, Chronicle of Higher Education; Scientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching : "The authors recommend t...

Avengers Academy #8, p. 6, ["Superhuman Ethics"]; ComicBookResources.com, 1/14/11

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ComicBookResources.com; Avengers Academy #8, p. 6 ["Superhuman Ethics]

Snooping Tucson Hospital Workers Fired In Records Breach; NPR, 1/14/11

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Scott Hensley, NPR; Snooping Tucson Hospital Workers Fired In Records Breach : "Earlier this week, management at University Medical Cen...

[Podcast] 'Dr. No' Becomes Diplomat, Continues A Family Story; NPR's Morning Edition, 1/14/11

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[Podcast] Ari Shapiro, NPR's Morning Edition; 'Dr. No' Becomes Diplomat, Continues A Family Story : "After two years as Whi...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Speech Prompted FBI Terrorism Probe of Her Work, Professor Says; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/12/11

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Chronicle of Higher Education; Speech Prompted FBI Terrorism Probe of Her Work, Professor Says : "The professor, Waziyatawin, who has o...
Monday, January 10, 2011

1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun by the Web; New York Times, 1/10/11

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Miguel Helft and Claire Cain Miller, New York Times; 1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun by the Web : "The rules established by the 1986 Electro...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

Teaching philosophy with Spider-Man; BBC News, 8/12/10

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Katie Connolly, BBC News; Teaching philosophy with Spider-Man : "Now, philosophy professors are finding superheroes and comic books to ...

Is Law School a Losing Game?; New York Times, 1/9/11

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David Segal, New York Times; Is Law School a Losing Game? : "“Enron-type accounting standards have become the norm,” says William Hende...

Renault Probes Ethics Complaint; Wall Street Journal, 1/6/11

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David Pearson, Wall Street Journal; Renault Probes Ethics Complaint : "French car maker Renault SA said Wednesday it has suspended thre...

U.S. Subpoenas Twitter Over WikiLeaks Supporters; New York Times, 1/9/11

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Scott Shane and John F. Burns, New York Times; U.S. Subpoenas Twitter Over WikiLeaks Supporters : "Prosecutors investigating the disclo...

[Podcast] Environmental Wikileaks; Living on Earth, 1/7/11

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[Podcast], Living on Earth; Environmental Wikileaks : "The classified documents made public by WikiLeaks are revealing closed door disc...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

[Podcast] Seth Mnookin on The Panic Virus; NPR's On the Media, 1/7/11

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[Podcast] NPR's On the Media; Seth Mnookin on The Panic Virus : "This week the British Medical Journal concluded an extensive inves...
Friday, January 7, 2011

WikiLeaks Relocations Possible For Exposed Sources, Warns U.S.; HuffingtonPost.com/AP, 1/7/11

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HuffingtonPost.com/AP; WikiLeaks Relocations Possible For Exposed Sources, Warns U.S.: "The State Department on Friday warned foreign g...

CLE Commission Sanctions 407 Attorneys; Supreme Court of Ohio and Ohio Judicial System, 12/21/10

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Supreme Court of Ohio and Ohio Judicial System; CLE Commission Sanctions 407 Attorneys : "The Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Conti...

[Podcast] Looking Back At The 'Tremendous Hate' Of Bullies; NPR's StoryCorps, 1/7/11

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[Podcast] NPR's StoryCorps; Looking Back At The 'Tremendous Hate' Of Bullies : "Recent stories about bullying — and the peo...

Blow the Whistle!; NPR's On the Media, 1/11

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NPR's On the Media; Blow the Whistle!: "On December 22nd, in the face of seemingly unanimous bipartisan support, the Whistleblower ...

New Jersey Governor Signs Anti-Bullying Bill Into Law; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/6/11

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Chronicle of Higher Education; New Jersey Governor Signs Anti-Bullying Bill Into Law: "Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has signed int...

Judge Orders College to Reinstate Student Who Posted a Placenta Photo Online; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/6/11

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Chronicle of Higher Education; Judge Orders College to Reinstate Student Who Posted a Placenta Photo Online : "A federal judge in Kansa...

Jailed Sisters Released for Organ Transplant; New York Times, 1/7/11

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Timothy Williams, New York Times; Jailed Sisters Released for Organ Transplant : "The kidney donation was the sisters’ idea, and is sup...

Journal’s Paper on ESP Expected to Prompt Outrage; New York Times, 1/6/11

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Benedict Carey, New York Times; Journal’s Paper on ESP Expected to Prompt Outrage : "One of psychology’s most respected journals has ag...

Blog Gives Superheroes and Supervillains Their Day in Court; New York Times, 12/21/10

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John Schwartz, New York Times; Blog Gives Superheroes and Supervillains Their Day in Court : "...[A] new blog and the interest it is ge...

Effort to sanitize Twain is pure insanity; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/7/11

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Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Effort to sanitize Twain is pure insanity : "Twain once described "Huckleberry Finn" as...

Light Out, Huck, They Still Want to Sivilize You; New York Times, 1/7/11

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Michiko Kakutani, New York Times; Light Out, Huck, They Still Want to Sivilize You : "To censor or redact books on school reading lists...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Review Of Juan Williams' Firing Done; NPR News Exec Resigns; NPR, 1/6/11

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Mark Memmott, NPR; Review Of Juan Williams' Firing Done; NPR News Exec Resigns : "As NPR's David Folkenflik reports for our new...

[Editorial] Survival of Ethics Oversight; New York Times, 12/23/10

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[Editorial] New York Times; Survival of Ethics Oversight : "The House’s incoming Republican majority has wisely concluded the quasi-ind...

Where to Draw a Line on Ethics; New York Times, 1/4/11

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Edward L. Glaeser, New York Times; Where to Draw a Line on Ethics : "In one area, however, the A.E.A. can act productively: It can crea...

Shadow Elite: Do Economists Need a Code of Ethics?; HuffingtonPost.com, 1/6/11

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Janine R. Wedel and Linda Keenan, HuffingtonPost.com; Shadow Elite: Do Economists Need a Code of Ethics? : "An ethical code for economi...

Huck Finn Expurgated And Other Censored Books (PHOTOS); HuffingtonPost.com, 1/6/11

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HuffingtonPost.com; Huck Finn Expurgated And Other Censored Books (PHOTOS): "In 1818 American Thomas Bowdler published a series of Shak...
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Censoring Twain; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/5/11

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John L. Jackson, Jr., Chronicle of Higher Education; Censoring Twain : "Should teenage students read novels filled with n-word referenc...

Hip-Hop and Copyright Law in the [sic] Classroomleg; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/5/11

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Ben Wieder, Chronicle of Higher Education; Hip-Hop and Copyright Law in the [sic] Classroomleg : "Kembrew McLeod’s youthful interest in...

Iranian-American Group Calls on Stanford to Censure Professor; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/5/11

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Josh Keller, Chronicle of Higher Education; Iranian-American Group Calls on Stanford to Censure Professor : "An Iranian-American group ...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information.Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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