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E-Mail and Defamation

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

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Whenever you create a written document, you must be concerned about defamation. Here are guidelines for preventing defamation lawsuits.

Personal Data and Ethics in Our Shiny Social Age

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Let me start by saying, I don’t know what to think after reading an article today in the Times Online. it’s about all the hot buzz words, privacy, social networks, employers, snooping. What it adds up to is another ethical debate that social networking is unpacking for us.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation: A Protector of Free Speech Rights

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Whether defending your rights from attack or seeking front-line justice to establish your rights, EFF battles for digital freedom in the courts.

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Most Employees See Ethical Misconduct at Work

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Ethical misconduct at American businesses has reverted to pre-Enron scandal levels, according to a survey by the Ethics Resource Center.

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Work Life Balance Effects Ethics, Survey Says

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Companies who communicate about work-life priorities have more ethical employees, study suggests.

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Understanding Fair Use and RSS

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Keep in mind that fair use is based on the belief that the general public and media are entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials. The fair use extends to commentary on the creative works, criticism of creative works, or even the creation of a parody that relates to the copyrighted material. Understanding […]

Fair Use on the Internet

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

As the Internet matures, users and governments are struggling to manage controversial issues. Lets face it, the Internet did not exist when the U.S. copyright laws were written; let us not forget, while many countries respect copyright laws, the Internet is global without a governing body. There are not only different laws, rules, and […]

Where Do You Draw the Line?

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Below are 12 everyday scenarios that present ethical dilemmas. What infractions would you commit? Where would you draw the line? Humans range from perfectly …

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Blackboard Unveils Plagiarism Prevention Service

Friday, July 27th, 2007

A new service helps prevent plagiarism by detecting unoriginal content in student papers and delivering reports within the Blackboard Learning System.

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What Is Creative Commons?

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that allows artists, authors, publishers and musicians the option of creating and defining a flexible copyright for their creative works. Creative Commons was officially launched in 2001 by a group of intellectual property experts, lawyers and web publishers. Creative Commons licenses cover art, music, and writing, but is […]

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