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Ethical Resources

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1. Indices | 2. Institutes | 3. Topics

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1. Indices

Bioethics -- comprehensive healthcare and medical pointers

from MedWeb, see Virtual Reality and Medicine

Codes of Conduct or Ethics from Around the World --

meta-index

Computer Ethics Lists -- related mailing lists and newgroups

Ethics -- search of recent reporting in the Chronicle

Ethics -- definitions

Ethics -- from the Principia Cybernetica

Ethics -- pointers from Yahoo

Ethics and Social Issues in CS -- computer and

engineering sciences concerns

Ethics in Science -- pointers and instances of misconduct

in the hard sciences

Ethics in Science -- with pointers to Women in Science

Ethics on the World Wide Web -- Paul Lester's

cross-disciplinary compilation of applied ethics and Net resources, strong on media ethics -- there's even a link to a fanzine site for a band called Code of Ethics

Ethics Pages -- links from the philosophy department at

Johns Hopkins

Ethics Updates -- ethics for education with

Ethics Resources on the Internet

Human Rights Issues -- comprehensive pointers from

the ACA

Legalethics.com -- excellent resource provided by

Internet Legal Services

Legal Ethics Materials -- pointers from Cornell Law

School's LII

Nonviolence -- Yahoo's pointers

Philosophy and Religion -- pointers from the

American Studies Web

Philosophy at Duke -- department provides links to

philosophical information and amusement

Philosophy in Cyberspace -- philosophical resources on

the Net

Religion Links -- from the Divinity School at Duke

Religion on the Internet -- departmental index of indices

SATISRUN -- Science And Technology In Society and

information technology in education

Science, Technology, and Society -- excellent list of pointers

from the program of the same name at NCSU

Science, Technology, and Society -- subject guide to STS with

Computers in Society

Science, Technology, Ethics, and Law -- pointers from the

Voice of the Shuttle -- see the Philosophy and Religion VoS pages as well -- see also Alan Liu's "Should We Link to the Unabomber? An Essay on Practical Web Ethics," Oct. 10, 1995 (and the Freedom Forum on this topic)

Skeptical Information on the Internet -- disbelievers unite

Top Ethics Sites -- chosen by Point Communications,

see also Point's Social Services and Ethics and Netiquette picks (some crossover)

2. Institutes [top]

Alliance for Public Technology -- working toward better

distribution of access

American Philosophical Association -- leading academic

organization

Amnesty International -- prominent global human

rights organization

APA Ethics Information -- pointers from the American

Psychological Association

Aspen Institute -- nonpartisan seminars and policy programs

for leaders

Association for Practical and Professional Ethics --

"interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching in practical and professional ethics"

BEARS -- Brown Electronic Article Review Service on morals

and politics

Better Business Bureau -- ethical business protection

Business Ethics Teaching Society -- ethics for the real world

Carter Center -- former president works to improve the

standard of living

Center for Applied Ethics -- with Applied Ethics Resources on

the WWW, see "Making Pseudonymity Acceptable," paper by Peter A. Danielson, prepared for the American Association for the Advancement of Science / American Bar Association National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists Invitational Workshop on Legal, Ethical, and Technological Aspects of Computer and Network Use and Abuse

Center for Clinical Ethics and Humanities in Health Care --

ethical healthcare

Center for Environmental Philosophy -- with Environmental

Ethics journal

Codes of Ethics and Conduct -- institutional engineering and

science codes gathered at MIT

Cyberspace: The New Frontier -- program in technology and

ethics at the University of Idaho

EnviroLink Network -- their list of pointers spans Animal Rights

to Vegetarian Resources, with much more in between

Environmental Organization Web Directory -- meta-index

Global Democracy Network -- members of Parliament use the

Internet and telecommunications to further human rights and combat injustice

Greenpeace -- international ecological activism and solutions

HandsNet on the Web -- addressing income disparity,

homelessness, illiteracy, urban revitalization, and other social problems

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics -- with the

Ethics Beat

Institute for Global Communication -- PeaceNet, EcoNet,

ConflictNet, LaborNet, and WomensNet

Institute for Global Ethics -- the Big Picture

International Society for Environmental Ethics -- keeping the

planet green

Internet Society -- "non-governmental international

organization for global cooperation and coordination for the Internet and its internetworking technologies and applications" -- see their Standards

InterNIC -- Internet domain registration, see their policy

statement, Ethics and the Internet

JSCOPE -- military ethics, with a Jan. 1996 conference

LAMBDA -- institute of gay and lesbian studies, with a

Code of Ethics

Loka Institute -- democratizing and sensitizing science

and technology

National Rifle Association -- do they have a code of ethics?

OncoLink -- University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center,

see their General Disclaimer

Organization of News Ombudsmen -- watchdogs of the

newsroom, ombudsmen often face tough ethical decisions under deadline pressure -- see their Columns

ORIGIN Global Ethic Project -- from the 1993 Parliament of

World Religions

Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics -- ethics research at

Indiana University, with Digital Resources in Ethics

Public Interest Groups -- Yahoo's pointers

Rainforest Action Network -- one of the coolest of the eco sites

Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law Program -- from

the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Society of Professional Journalists -- with a Code of Ethics,

adopted in 1926 (since revised)

Stanford University's Program in Science, Technology,

and Society -- with STS Links and their journal Techné

Superhighways Ethics Project -- from the U.K.'s Collaborative

Open Group

U.S. Holocaust Museum -- bears witness to and combats

bigotry

Washington Biotechnology Action Council -- genetic

engineering concerns

WITI -- international network of women in technology works to

break the Glass Ceiling

WWW Ethics Center for Engineering / Science -- NSF-funded

MIT initiative

3. Topics [top]

Accuracy in Academia -- preserving traditional ethics for

today's youth

Anarchy on the Net -- online exchange provided by

Carol Woodbury

"Cyberspace: The Ethical Frontier" -- article by Simon

Rogerson and Terrell Ward Bynum

"Digital Imaging" -- article by Brendon Nelson on the ethics

of photo sampling

Ethical Awareness Inventory -- do you abuse power?

Ethical Spectacle -- alternative views on media ethics

"Ethics in Cyberspace" -- article by Laverna M. Saunders,

May 22, 1994

"Ethics, Morality, and Criminality" -- panel chaired by

J. Michael Gibbons of the FBI, March 18, 1992, at CFP`92

Ethics of Technology in Education -- bringing new tech to

the classroom

Ethics Vertical File -- media ethics from the Poynter Institute

Gaia's Hive -- New Age ethics with the Mother Earth Mall

Gray Areas Magazine -- only if you won't get caught

How to Receive Banned Newsgroups -- FAQ on alt.< groups >

and the ethical basis for why their content may be removed and what users can do about it

Information Systems Ethics Education -- computer ethics, or

"cyberethics," course at Southern Illinois University with relevant Cases

Internet Corruption Ranking -- international whistle-blowing

Journal of Buddhist Ethics -- Eastern ethics

"Law, Ethics, and Society on the Information Superhighway" --

article / page by Amy Gorbin

"Long Tradition of Doctoring Photos" -- article by Ken Kobré

in PhotoPlex

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals -- help prevent

cruelty to animals

"Photo Manipulation Labeled 'A Visual Lie'" -- article by

Cheryl Arvidson, in the April 17, 1995, Forum Weekly of the Freedom Forum -- see also "Publish or Perish: A Forum on the Decision to Publish the Unabomber's Manifesto," Sept. 27, 1995

Remembering Nagasaki -- arresting photojournalism from the

Japan Peace Museum

John W. Smith's Publications -- with pointers to Ethics Books

and Articles

Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics -- from the CPSR

Ten Commandments of HTML -- succinct advice, not bad at all

Ten Legal and Ethical Issues -- highly recommended guide for

Web administrators