Ethical aspects of the librarian/vendor relationship

Goehner, Donna

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Title

Ethical aspects of the librarian/vendor relationship

Author(s)

Goehner, Donna

Issue Date

1991

Keyword(s)

• Librarians --Professional ethics
• Ethics
• Library vendors - Ethics

Abstract

If one of the aims of ethics is to define and clarify the perceptions of what constitutes the Tightness or reasonableness of conduct, an obvious question is, who defines reasonable or right behavior? Individuals define reasonable behavior in their dealings with one another. However, there is a difference between describing behavior and interpreting or assessing behavior. The task ahead is to interpret and evaluate behavior between librarians and vendors, which is more difficult than description because it is necessarily subjective. Admittedly, individual and group values both play a part in how one reaches one's conclusions concerning ethics; and opinions will vary depending upon the segments of society from which comments are solicited. Because more knowledge is wanted about the ethical aspects of the librarian/vendor relationship, assessments are needed from members within those groups.

Publisher

Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Series/Report Name or Number

Allerton Park Institute (31st : 1989)

ISSN

0536-4604

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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