ICIE

Research in information ethics is done in universities (See: Teaching) as well as in national and international institutions.    
Some of them engage themselves in different kinds of activities (See: News). A major source of information for research in our field is UNESCO (See: News) This overview offers a selection of institutions doing research in information ethics as well as links to information ethics resources in the Internet (See: Publications)    
   

UNESCO

INSTITUTIONS

RESOURCES

  Last update: April 21, 2001

• INFOethics Website

• Observatory on the Information Society 

    
• Virtual Library

• Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Baden-Württemberg (afta): a prestigious German organization in the field of technology assessment.

• American Library Association  (ALA): a prestigious association in the library field: Office for Intellectual Freedom

• American Society for Information Science and Technology(ASIST): a prestigious association in the information field.

• Association for Computing (ACM) Special Interest Group on Computers and Society (SIGCAS) : Ethics Centers, Ethics Courses and General Ethics Links, maintained by Barry S. Fagin.

• Australian Institute of Computer Ethics (AICE): A multi-disciplinary  resource and research centre.

• Center for Applied Ethics (C.A.E.) University of Britisch Columbia: Applied Ethics Resources on WWW (Business Ethics, Computers & Info-Tech Ethics, Media Ethics, Science & Technology Ethics etc.), Starting Points in Applied Ethics, Working Papers, ETHICS FAX, the Centre's newsletter, Ethics Courses at UBC, maintained by Chris MacDonald.

• Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) (Washington D.C.) : Mission, Get Involved, Staff, Publications, Links, Search CDT, Jobs, Action.

• Center for Social Informatics Indiana University, School of Library and Information Science. 

• Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis University College London (an initiative by Martin Dodge)

• Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR) De Mont fort University (UK): A prestigious website in the field of information and computer ethics:  What's New, Resources, Conferences, Discussion, Search.

• Cheskin Research

• Computer Ethics Institute (CEI) (The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.)

• Computer Professionals for Social Responsiblity (CPSR) (Palo Alto) 

• Deutscher Server Wirtschaftsethik (DSW) (University of Marburg, Germany)

• Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Protecting Rights and Promoting Freedom in the Electronic Frontier.

• Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

• European Business Ethics Network (EBEN) 

• European Ethics Network (EEN) (European Commission) (Catholic University Leuven): Objectives, Progress Report, Journal, Board, Members, Activities, Links.

• European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE)(European Commission, Secretariat-General)

• Fachgruppe Informatik und Gesellschaft  (Heinz Nixdorf Institut, University of Paderborn, Germany).

• Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung e.V. (FIFF) (Germany).

• Forum social mundial (Porto Alegre, Brazil).

• Foundations of Information Ethics (FINE) (Japan).

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST): The Freedom of Information Act, enacted in 1966, provides that any person has a right, enforceable in court, of access to federal agency records, except to the extent that such records are protected from disclosure by one of nine exemptions or by one of three special law enforcement records exclusions.

• Fundación Redes y Desarrollo (FUNREDES): Research on the impact of information technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean (English, French, Spanish)

• Gesellschaft f. Verantwortung in der Wissenschaft (GVW)

• Independent Media Center

• Infonomia (by Alfons Cornella (in Spanish)

• Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) (Pennsylvania, USA)

• Institute for Business & Professional Ethics (IBPE) (DePaul University, Chicago).

• Institute for Religion, Technology and Culture (IRTC) (Canada).

• Intellectual Freedom in Cyberspace (Rochester Hills Pubic Library): Resources for Librarians and Educators.

 
• Interfakultäres Zentrum für Ethik in den Wissenschaften (Universität Tübingen, Germany): Research Center on Applied Ethics

• International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)

A prestigious association in the information field. 
 
• International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) The IFJ is the world's largest organisation of journalists, representing more than 450,000 journalists in 101 countries.

 
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The leading international association in the library field. Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

  
• International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) (Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon Univ.)

• International Society of Business, Economics, and Ethics (ISBEE): 

A prestigious association in the field of business ethics.    
    
• Internet Society (ISOC): a non-profit, non-governmental, international, professional membership organization. It focuses on: standards, education, and policy issues.

• Institute of Information Scientists (ISI) (London, UK): A prestigious association in the information field.

• KnowNet Initiative Knowledge Networking in Developing Countries

• Laboratory for the Culture of the Artificial (LCA) (Istituto Metodologico Economico Statistico (IMES), University of Urbino, Italy): A center of excellence in the field of the culture of the artificial.

 
• Libr.org: is a domain managed by Rory B. Litwin for library related websites with social orientation

 
• Nethics e.V. Information Ethics in the Web (University of Konstanz, Germany) (in German)

• Netzwerk Medienethik (Institut für Kommunikationsforschung und Medienarbeit, IKM, München, Germany): German network for media ethics.

• Online Magna Charta (Leipzig, Germany): Charta of Freedom for Information and Communication.

• Privacy International

• Research Center on Computing and Society (RCCS) (Southern Connecticut State University)  Dedicated to the advancement of computer ethics: Projects, Resources, Topic of the Month, Question of the Month, Teaching Resources, Conferences, Archives, Links.

• Society for Philosophy and Technology(SPT)

• Software Engineering Ethics Research Institute (SEERI) (East Tennessee State University,  Department of Computer and Information Sciences)

• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

    
• W3C-Consortium 

• Zelig: European meetings of digital counter-cultures (English/French/Italian/Spanish)

    

Resources

 

• Computer Ethics - Cyberethics by David Vance and ArunRai

• Ethics and Ethiquette of Internet Resources by T. Matthew Ciolek

• Ethics and the Internet by Wendy Robinson

• Ethics Links to Librarian and Information Manager Associations WWW Pages by Wallace Koehler, School of Library and Information Studies (University of Oklahoma)

• Ethics on the World Wide Web by the School of Communications (California State University)

• Ethics Resources on the Net of the Institute of Business and Professional Ethics (IBPE) 

• Netiquette Website by Arlene Rinaldi