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

The Ebook version of my Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published on December 11, 2025 and the Hardback, Cloth, and Paperback versions will be available on January 8, 2026. Preorders are available 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
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