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

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Lawmakers to Wells Fargo CEO: ‘Why shouldn’t you be in jail?’; Washington Post, 9/29/16

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Renae Merle, Washington Post; Lawmakers to Wells Fargo CEO: ‘Why shouldn’t you be in jail?’ : "Some members peppered Stumpf with ques...

Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Affect Redskins Trademark; NPR, 9/29/16

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Eyder Peralta, NPR; Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Affect Redskins Trademark : "The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case t...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Red-state newspaper endorsements of Clinton are not as pointless as they look; Washington Post, 9/28/16

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Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post; Red-state newspaper endorsements of Clinton are not as pointless as they look : "Which brings me t...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Lessons from zombie warfare can help us beat hackers at their own game; Quartz, 9/26/16

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Patrick Lin, Quartz; Lessons from zombie warfare can help us beat hackers at their own game : "The current lack of respect for the pow...
Sunday, September 25, 2016

Participate in Banned Books Week with Outspeak; Huffington Post, 9/19/16

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Outspeak, Huffington Post; Participate in Banned Books Week with Outspeak : " Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the fr...

Celebrate — don’t ban — books; Washington Post, 9/25/16

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Ellen Ryan, Washington Post; Celebrate — don’t ban — books : "Banned Books Week starts today. With new books published all the time an...

Wells Fargo Case Prompts Questions Of Corporate Ethics Reform; NPR, 9/24/16

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[Podcast] NPR; Wells Fargo Case Prompts Questions Of Corporate Ethics Reform : "The bank's CEO appeared before a Senate banking co...

Teaching business ethics; University World News, 9/23/16

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Margaret Andrews, University World News; Teaching business ethics : "I’m not sure that some of these are universal values, but, noneth...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

'New York Times' Editor: 'We Owed It To Our Readers' To Call Trump Claims Lies; NPR, 9/22/16

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NPR Staff, NPR; 'New York Times' Editor: 'We Owed It To Our Readers' To Call Trump Claims Lies : "The Times is using t...

What every New Yorker knows about Donald Trump; Washington Post, 9/21/16

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Garrison Keillor, Washington Post; What every New Yorker knows about Donald Trump : "Trump is a man whom few Republicans would care to...

Members Of Congress Rip Into Mylan CEO; Huffington Post, 9/21/16

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Lauren Weber, Huffington Post; Members Of Congress Rip Into Mylan CEO : "“To have companies like yours take advantage of the situation...

Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos; NPR, 9/22/16

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Rob Stein, NPR; Breaking Taboo, Swedish Scientist Seeks To Edit DNA Of Healthy Human Embryos : "A scientist in Sweden has started tryi...

A Trump presidency would be ethically compromised; Huffington Post, 9/20/16

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Richard Painter and Norman Eisen, Huffington Post; A Trump presidency would be ethically compromised : "As government ethics lawyers w...

Wells Fargo CEO Takes Responsibility For ‘All Unethical’ Practices; Reuters via Huffington Post, 9/20/16

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Reuters via Huffington Post; Wells Fargo CEO Takes Responsibility For ‘All Unethical’ Practices : "The chief executive officer of Well...

‘You should resign': Elizabeth Warren excoriates Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf; Washington Post, 9/20/16

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Jena McGregor, Washington Post; ‘You should resign': Elizabeth Warren excoriates Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf : "In at least a coup...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

British Philosophers Consider the Ethics of a Robotic Future; PC Magazine, 9/20/16

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Tom Brant, PC Magazine; British Philosophers Consider the Ethics of a Robotic Future : "The British Standards Institute (BSI) commissi...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Redskins, rock band battle government in trademark fight; Washington Post, 9/19/16

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Sam Hananel, Washington Post; Redskins, rock band battle government in trademark fight : "Simon Tam has openly criticized the Washingt...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Do no harm, don't discriminate: official guidance issued on robot ethics; Guardian, 9/18/16

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Hannah Devlin, Guardian; Do no harm, don't discriminate: official guidance issued on robot ethics : "Isaac Asimov gave us the basi...
Sunday, September 18, 2016

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a misunderstood masterpiece; Guardian, 9/18/16

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Michael Billington, Guardian; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a misunderstood masterpiece : "Albee’s protective attitude to his pla...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

Gaming the system: Another breach shows need for state ethics reform; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 9/16/16

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Editorial Board, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Gaming the system: Another breach shows need for state ethics reform : "The state Ethics Com...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

"Disqualified"; robrogers.com, 9/15/16

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Rob Rogers; "Disqualified"

Putin goes full Orwell; Washington Post, 9/14/16

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George F. Will, Washington Post; Putin goes full Orwell : "Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories — retroactive...

Commemorating the Lanham Act’s 70th; Politico, 9/14/16

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Li Zhou, Politico; Commemorating the Lanham Act’s 70th : [Kip Currier: I attended this reception recognizing the 70th year since the signi...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Candidates urged to lay out ethics commitments; USA Today US edition, 9/14/16

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Fredreka Schouten, USA Today US edition; Candidates urged to lay out ethics commitments : "...[Government-integrity advocates would] l...

Patent chief tells lawmakers ‘time and attendance fraud is not tolerated’; New York Times, 9/13/16

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Lisa Rein, Washington Post; Patent chief tells lawmakers ‘time and attendance fraud is not tolerated’ : "U.S. Patent and Trademark Of...
Monday, September 12, 2016

We won't let politically motivated hacks silence us; Guardian, 9/9/16

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Chris Stone, Guardian; We won't let politically motivated hacks silence us : "...[W]e also know why we’ve been attacked: because –...

Facebook had no right to edit history; Guardian, 9/9/16

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Erna Solberg, Guardian; Facebook had no right to edit history : "By deleting such iconic pictures that have played a crucial role in t...

"Agreeing on One Thing"; robrogers.com, 9/11/16

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Rob Rogers; "Agreeing on One Thing"

The Strange Case of Off-Patent Drug Price Gougers; Bloomberg, 9/9/16

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Justin Fox, Bloomberg; The Strange Case of Off-Patent Drug Price Gougers : "There’s a conflict at the heart of pharmaceutical pricing ...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

It Gets Better: U.S. Patent and Trademark employees share their stories; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 6/25/15

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[Video] U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; It Gets Better: U.S. Patent and Trademark employees share their stories : [Kip Currier: While pre...

The US Copyright Office is the poster child for regulatory capture; Boing Boing, 9/8/16

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Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing; The US Copyright Office is the poster child for regulatory capture : "Public Knowledge's new report, C...
Friday, September 9, 2016

"To Boldly Go"; robrogers.com, 9/9/16

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Rob Rogers, robrogers.com; "To Boldly Go"
Thursday, September 8, 2016

The case against big data: “It’s like you’re being put into a cult, but you don’t actually believe in it”; Salon, 9/8/16

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Scott Timberg, Salon; The case against big data: “It’s like you’re being put into a cult, but you don’t actually believe in it” : "If...

Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after row over 'napalm girl' photo; Guardian, 9/8/16

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Julia Carrie Wong, Guardian; Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after row over 'napalm girl' photo: "Norway’s largest ne...

This employee ID badge monitors and listens to you at work — except in the bathroom; Washington Post, 9/7/16

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Thomas Heath, Washington Post; This employee ID badge monitors and listens to you at work — except in the bathroom : "Those concerned ...

Why ‘Star Trek’ was so important to Martin Luther King Jr.; Washington Post, 9/8/16

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Elahe Izadi, Washington Post; Why ‘Star Trek’ was so important to Martin Luther King Jr. : "Then, she broke the news to him that she ...

Trade Secret Protection Blocks Sick Samsung Workers From Data; Claims Journal, 8/12/16

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Youkyung Lee, Claims Journal; Trade Secret Protection Blocks Sick Samsung Workers From Data : "An Associated Press investigation has f...

Report: 'Failure of OPM's leadership' led to historic data breaches; FedScoop, 9/7/16

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Chris Bing, FedScoop; Report: 'Failure of OPM's leadership' led to historic data breaches : "A 2014 data breach at the Off...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Tell Your University: Don't Sell Patents to Trolls; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 8/17/16

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Elliot Harmon, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); Tell Your University: Don't Sell Patents to Trolls : "When universities inven...

Internet for All; Slate, September 2016

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[Podcast] Slate; Internet for All : "Chattanooga, Tennessee, has a lightning-fast, publicly run broadband network that has attracted a...
Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Campuses Cautiously Train Freshmen Against Subtle Insults; New York Times, 9/6/16

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Stephanie Saul, New York Times; Campuses Cautiously Train Freshmen Against Subtle Insults : "The exchange was included in Ms. Marlowe’...

A Republican Candidate Said He Hoped I Got Raped; Daily Beast, 9/6/16

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[Graphic Language] Olivia Nuzzi, Daily Beast; A Republican Candidate Said He Hoped I Got Raped : "In an additional statement to The Da...

Political prisoner hit with another Kafkaesque charge for writing NYT piece about harsh repression by U.S. ally Bahrain; Salon, 9/6/16

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Ben Norton, Salon; Political prisoner hit with another Kafkaesque charge for writing NYT piece about harsh repression by U.S. ally Bahrain :...

Behind the EpiPen controversy are questions about patents granted to drugmaker; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 9/4/16

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Samantha Liss, St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Behind the EpiPen controversy are questions about patents granted to drugmaker : "Drugmaker My...
Monday, September 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton Gets Gored; New York Times, 9/5/16

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Paul Krugman, New York Times; Hillary Clinton Gets Gored : "So I would urge journalists to ask whether they are reporting facts or sim...

Yes, the News Can Survive the Newspaper; New York Times, 9/4/16

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Jim Rutenberg, New York Times; Yes, the News Can Survive the Newspaper : "In this case, as the ad dollars that have long financed jour...

The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee; NIH, 2011

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NIH; The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee : " Responsibilities The IACUC is responsible for oversight of the animal care ...

American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)

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American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS) : " About AALAS Mission Statement : AALAS is an association of professio...

Second Thoughts of an Animal Researcher; New York Times, 9/2/16

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John P. Gluck, New York Times; Second Thoughts of an Animal Researcher : "In 1974, a federal commission was formed to develop ethical ...

Top Safety Official Doesn’t Trust Automakers to Teach Ethics to Self-Driving Cars; MIT Technology Review, 9/2/16

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Andrew Rosenblum, MIT Technology Review; Top Safety Official Doesn’t Trust Automakers to Teach Ethics to Self-Driving Cars : "Rapid pr...
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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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