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

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Monday, April 28, 2014

The real tragedy of Donald Sterling's racism: it took this long for us to notice: The LA Clippers owner made his millions off racist housing policies. Where was the NBA and presidential outrage then?; Guardian, 4/28/14

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Kevin B. Blackistone, Guardian; The real tragedy of Donald Sterling's racism: it took this long for us to notice: The LA Clippers owner ...

Open data: slow down Whitehall's approach has the subtlety of a smash-and-grab-raider and it must take its own advice on best practice; Guardian, 4/18/14

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Editorial, Guardian; Open data: slow down Whitehall's approach has the subtlety of a smash-and-grab-raider and it must take its own advi...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

A Disturbing Tape and a Potential Moral Quandary: Comments Linked to Sterling Put Clippers Players in Ethical Bind, 4/26/14

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William C. Rhoden, New York Times; A Disturbing Tape and a Potential Moral Quandary: Comments Linked to Sterling Put Clippers Players in Eth...
Saturday, April 5, 2014

DuckDuckGo: the plucky upstart taking on Google with secure searches; Guardian, 4/4/14

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Alex Hern, Guardian; D uckDuckGo: the plucky upstart taking on Google with secure searches : "DuckDuckGo bills itself as "the sea...

Sweeping Away a Search History; New York Times, 4/2/14

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Molly Wood, New York Times; Sweeping Away a Search History : "YOUR search history contains some of the most personal information you w...

Ex-Ethics Chief in Ga. Wins Retaliation Lawsuit; Associated Press via ABC News, 4/4/14

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Kate Brumback, Associated Press via ABC News; Ex-Ethics Chief in Ga. Wins Retaliation Lawsuit : "Jurors awarded the former director of...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

The Price of a Slur; New York Times, 4/2/14

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David Treuer, New York Times; The Price of a Slur : "On March 24, Mr. Snyder announced the creation of the Washington Redskins Origina...

G.M. Secrecy on Crashes Adds to Families’ Pain; New York Times, 4/2/14

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Rachel Abrams and Danielle Ivory, New York Times; G.M. Secrecy on Crashes Adds to Families’ Pain: "There is anger that General Motors ...

Ethics report could help NASA weigh risks of long-term space travel; Los Angeles Times, 4/2/14

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Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times; Ethics report could help NASA weigh risks of long-term space travel : "As NASA plans to send astronauts...
Monday, March 3, 2014

Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ; Guardian, 2/27/14

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Spencer Ackerman and James Ball, Guardian; Optic Nerve: millions of Yahoo webcam images intercepted by GCHQ : "Britain's surveilla...

Big Data Means Big Questions on How That Information Is Used; New York Times, 3/3/14

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Natasha Singer, New York Times; Big Data Means Big Questions on How That Information Is Used : "With the success of its free open onli...

Pitt faces animal rights scrutiny; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/2/14

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Anya Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Pitt faces animal rights scrutiny : "An animal rights group has filed a letter of complaint agai...

F.D.A. Weighs Fertility Method That Raises Ethical Questions; New York Times, 2/25/14

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Sabrina Tavernese, New York Times; F.D.A. Weighs Fertility Method That Raises Ethical Questions : "The Food and Drug Administration is...
Friday, February 28, 2014

At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They’re Watching You; New York Times, 2/17/14

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Diane Cardwell, New York Times; At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They’re Watching You : "To customers like the Port Authority...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

A Chilling Phone Call Adds to Hurdles of Publishing Xi Jinping Book; New York Times, 2/19/14

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Chris Buckley, New York Times; A Chilling Phone Call Adds to Hurdles of Publishing Xi Jinping Book : "The exiled writer Yu Jie takes a...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

An Education in Ethics; HuffingtonPost.com, 2/25/14

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John T. Delaney, HuffingtonPost.com; An Education in Ethics : "...The Wolf of Wall Street demonstrates why ethics is another tool whos...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Concern Grows Over Academic Freedom in Egypt; Chronicle of Higher Education via New York Times, 2/23/14

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Ursula Lindsey, Chronicle of Higher Education via New York Times; Concern Grows Over Academic Freedom in Egypt : "The indictment here ...
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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Edward Snowden leaks spur new privacy industry; Financial Times, 2/21/14

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Hannah Kuchler, Financial Times; Edward Snowden leaks spur new privacy industry : "The Edward Snowden leaks revealing a US mass survei...

Booksellers bare all to protest censorship attempt of ‘Everybody Gets Naked’ children’s book; New York Daily News, 2/20/14

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Michael Walsh, New York Daily News; Booksellers bare all to protest censorship attempt of ‘Everybody Gets Naked’ children’s book : " B...

Some Bot to Watch Over Me; New York Times, 2/19/14

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Steven Kurutz, New York Times; Some Bot to Watch Over Me : "No parent wants a child smoking pot in the den with a gang of delinquents ...

Microsoft denies global censorship of China-related searches; Reuters, 2/12/14

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Paul Carsten, Reuters; Microsoft denies global censorship of China-related searches : "Microsoft Corp denied on Wednesday it was omitt...

Bing censoring Chinese language search results for users in the US; Guardian, 2/11/14

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Dominic Rushe, Guardian; Bing censoring Chinese language search results for users in the US : "Microsoft’s search engine Bing appears ...

Muzzling Speech in India; New York Times, 2/20/14

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Editorial Board, New York Times; Muzzling Speech in India : "The decision last week by Penguin India to withdraw from publication and ...

College could see funds cut for choice of gay-themed ‘Fun Home’; ComicBookResources.com, 2/20/14

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Kevin Melrose, ComicBookResources.com; College could see funds cut for choice of gay-themed ‘Fun Home’ : "A South Carolina university...
Friday, February 14, 2014

The New RoboCop Gets Robot Ethics Completely Wrong; Slate.com, 2/14/14

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Miles Brundage, Slate.com; The New RoboCop Gets Robot Ethics Completely Wrong : [Warning: Article contains spoilers about RoboCop.]
Monday, February 10, 2014

Pentagon vexed by inability to solve ethics lapses; Politico, 2/10/14

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Philip Ewing, Politico; Pentagon vexed by inability to solve ethics lapses : "“I don’t think there is one simple answer to the issue o...
Saturday, February 8, 2014

Pitt Professor Aims for Grads to Pack Core Values for Entrepreneurial Pursuits; Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 2/5/14

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Reginald Stuart, Diverse Issues in Higher Education; Pitt Professor Aims for Grads to Pack Core Values for Entrepreneurial Pursuits : ...
Thursday, February 6, 2014

Hagel adds urgency to push for ethics crackdown; Associated Press via Washington Post, 2/5/14

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Associated Press via Washington Post; Hagel adds urgency to push for ethics crackdow n: "Concerned that ethical problems inside the mi...

Russian laws choking free speech must be repealed now; Guardian, 2/5/14

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Guardian; Russian laws choking free speech must be repealed now : "The story of modern Russia is the story of dramatic, almost seismic...

Sochi 2014: world authors join protest against Putin; Guardian, 2/5/14

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Alison Flood and Shaun Walker, Guardian; Sochi 2014: world authors join protest against Putin : "More than 200 prominent international...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Big Data’s Dangerous New Era of Discrimination; Harvard Business Review, 1/29/14

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Michael Schrage, Harvard Business Review; Big Data’s Dangerous New Era of Discrimination : "But the law, ethics and economics leave un...
Monday, February 3, 2014

Ethics Questions Arise as Genetic Testing of Embryos Increases; New York Times, 2/3/14

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Gina Kolata, New York Times; Ethics Questions Arise as Genetic Testing of Embryos Increases : "Genetic testing of embryos has been aro...

Military Makes Ethics a Priority; Wall Street Journal, 2/2/14

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Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal; Military Makes Ethics a Priority : "The U.S. military is intensifying its focus on ethics train...

Ethical Concerns Hit Oscar Races; New York Times, 2/2/14

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Michael Cieply, New York Times; Ethical Concerns Hit Oscar Races : "Next week, about 6,000 Oscar voters will start casting ballots for...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

F.C.C. Says It Will Double Spending on High-Speed Internet in Schools and Libraries; New York Times, 2/1/14

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Edward Wyatt, New York Times; F.C.C. Says It Will Double Spending on High-Speed Internet in Schools and Libraries : "The Federal Commu...

High-school ethics bowl a first for Washington state; Seattle Times, 2/1/14

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Coral Garnick, Seattle Times; High-school ethics bowl a first for Washington state : "In the first Washington State High School Ethics...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

How Business Can Save Schools From The Digital Divide; Forbes, 1/29/14

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Debra Donston-Miller, Forbes; How Business Can Save Schools From The Digital Divide : "Too many U.S. public schools are dealing with a...

Obama faces digital divide growing wider on heels of FCC court ruling; FoxNews.com, 1/27/14

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Barnini Chakraborty, FoxNews.com; Obama faces digital divide growing wider on heels of FCC court ruling : "The great digital divide th...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Google's New A.I. Ethics Board Might Save Humanity From Extinctionn; HuffingtonPost.com, 1/29/14

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Bianca Bosker, HuffingtonPost.com; Google's New A.I. Ethics Board Might Save Humanity From Extinction : "In 2011, the co-founder o...

3D printing human tissue and organs to 'spark ethics debate'; Telegraph, 1/29/14

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Rhiannon Williams, Telegraph; 3D printing human tissue and organs to 'spark ethics debate' : "Known as bioprinting, the medica...
Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Librarians Protest Canada Cutbacks; Chronicle of Higher Education via New York Times, 1/26/14

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Karen Birchard and Jennifer Lewington, Chronicle of Higher Education via New York Times; Librarians Protest Canada Cutbacks : "A move ...
Monday, January 27, 2014

In Life and Business, Learning to Be Ethical; New York Times, 1/10/14

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Alina Tugend, New York Times; In Life and Business, Learning to Be Ethical : "LOTS of New Year’s resolutions are being made — and no d...

What are the ethics of human-robot relationships?; Guardian, 1/27/14

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Eleanor Robertson, Guardian; What are the ethics of human-robot relationships? : "A few years ago, the Danish Council of Ethics relea...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

A Point of View: The ethics of the driverless car; BBC News, 1/24/14

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Adam Gopnik, BBC News; A Point of View: The ethics of the driverless car : "There is a problem, though, I've discovered, reading e...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Chapel Hill Researcher’s Findings on Athletes’ Literacy Bring a Backlash; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/24/14

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Robin Wilson, Chronicle of Higher Education; Chapel Hill Researcher’s Findings on Athletes’ Literacy Bring a Backlash : "Scholars at C...

Are adjunct professors the fast-food workers of the academic world?; Guardian, 1/24/14

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James Hoff, Guardian; Are adjunct professors the fast-food workers of the academic world? : "I am what's called an adjunct. I teac...

Truth and Consequences for a War Photographer; New York Times, 1/24/14

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James Estrin, New York Times; Truth and Consequences for a War Photographer : "The ethical commandments on the digital manipulation of...

A Code of Honor, Not a Referee, Keeps Curlers Honest; New York Times, 1/23/14

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Mary Pilon, New York Times; A Code of Honor, Not a Referee, Keeps Curlers Honest : "Curling is the rare Olympic sport that largely re...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Why Associated Press was right to sever ties with Narciso Contreras; Guardian, 1/23/14

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Roger Tooth, Guardian; Why Associated Press was right to sever ties with Narciso Contreras : "Except that the major wire agencies and ...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Gay Marriages Confront Catholic School Rules; New York Times, 1/22/14

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Michael Paulson, New York Times; Gay Marriages Confront Catholic School Rules : "For Catholic school and church leaders across the cou...
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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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