In today's information and technology-driven world, an increasing number of moral and ethical dilemmas arise. Information ethics involves many complex and challenging issues for today's educators. "The Principles of Information Ethics," by Richard Severson, provides a thought-provoking and common sense discussion of issues related to use…

Recent court decisions are holding that state laws on open records require immediate release to the press of the names of all candidates being considered for university presidencies. Two concerns are discussed: the privacy of the individuals and the integrity of the selection process. (MLW)

Presents results of a survey of 100 social workers regarding their attitudes toward privacy. The five-item questionnaire (included) deals with personal privacy, values, disclosure, confidentiality, and legality. Results show social workers place a higher value on clients' privacy than on their own. (JAC)

Shares some familiar quotations from those who cherished the freedoms protected by the First Amendment, relates stories about some of the newsgathering operations around the country, and reports on what happened at the First Amendment Congresses held in 1980 and the recommendations made by that body. (HOD)

Guidelines for protection of human subjects in survey research demand that research designs provide for subjects'"informed consent." This paper reports procedures employed within a study of marijuana and other drug use which were in compliance yet avoided problems of nonparticipation and the gathering of inaccurate information. (Author)

Indicates that a university community generally is quite approving of the campus daily newspaper as long as the editors avoid publishing too much "personal" news which tends to be unfavorable. Suggests that complaints about student newspapers might be the result of publishing factual types of stories rather than editorials. (RL)

The "Doe" court unanimously prescribed a constitutional right to protect confidential parent-child communications. This right both arises out of and buttresses the firmly established rights to family privacy and autonomy already enumerated by the Supreme Court. Available from San Diego Law Review Association, University of San Diego…

When Congress reasonably decides that warrantless administrative inspections are necessary to effectuate its acts, and the acts provide privacy safeguards as effective as those provided by a judicially issued administrative search warrant, Congress's decision should be respected. Available from Arkansas Law Review, School of Law, University of…

Four distinct classes of cases are the recognized exceptions to the requirement of warrants for searches: emergency inspections, plain view, consensual, and the "Colonnade-Biswell" exception for pervasively regulated industries. Available from the Ohio State University School of Law, 1659 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210; $3.50…

Describes the movement toward establishing a national information policy, especially in the areas of privacy and international concerns. Considered are the effects of the information technology explosion on individuals, mass media, institutions, and public libraries. (SW)

A wide range of computer crimes and the need for computer security are discussed. (MK)

Identifies and discusses three current and emerging problems in graduate admissions: lack of understanding by applicants about admissions procedures, lack of information available to applicants about graduate programs, and lack of information about applicants available to those persons making decisions about admissions and appointments. (JMF)

Considers the implications of possible policy initiatives in the United States in light of Swedish experience in dealing with the privacy of computerized records. (CWM)

This philosopher argues that ideally there should be no general right to informational or observational privacy. (MM)