About ICIEICIE seeks leadership and excellence in all aspects of the Information Ethics discipline, including research, teaching, advocacy, and practice. Supporting seven global-wide chapters, ICIE provides resources for, and encourages the growth of information literacies and digital cultures throughout the world.
Pursuant to its mission, ICIE actively seeks partnerships with relevant individuals, institutions, societies and communities in the information fields. It advocates for and supports the growth of healthy and informed information cultures in the digital age, providing a centralized forum for sharing and communication in the field.International Center for Information EthicsICIE_f7f0bd6e-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0Rafael CapurroThe International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE) was founded in Germany by Uruguayan Philosopher Rafael Capurro in 1999. --
Rafael Capurro is a Uruguayan philosopher and pioneer of the field of information ethics. He was Professor of information management and information ethics at Stuttgart Media University in Germany from 1986 to 2009 and Director of the Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin Institute of Information Ethics from 2008 to 2013. Capurro is the founder of the International Center for Information Ethics and co-founder of the Africa Network for Information Ethics.African Network for Information EthicsIn partnership with the newly formed African Network for Information Ethics, ICIE quickly established its place as the center for community in the global-wide practice of Information Ethics, offering a platform for an intercultural exchange of ideas and information regarding worldwide teaching and research.ICIE CommunityThe ICIE community has supported and encouraged collaboration between colleagues teaching in the field for nearly two decades. It has organized and co-organised symposia since 2001 and publishes a book series in cooperation with W. Fink Verlag, Munich-Paderborn (Germany). In 2004, ICIE published its first edition of the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) and has continued to publish bi-annual editions since. In 2018, ICIE established a new website complete with community forum, where a community-led philosophy will redefine the goals and mission of ICIE for a new generation, reestablishing the definitions and parameters of the field of Information Ethics.Jared BielbyChair --
Jared Bielby is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Freelance Netizen and President of Netizen Consulting Ltd. He serves as Chair for the International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE) and is an Editor for the International Review of Information Ethics. In addition to his work with ICIE, Jared is project manager for IEEE's Collabratec Internet Technology Policy community where he leads several projects for IEEE's Internet Initiative. Jared completed a double MA/MLIS, specializing in Information Ethics, at the University of Alberta, Canada, 2014.Rachel FischerCo-chair --
Rachel Fischer is a certified Ethics Officer and Research Officer at the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics (ACEIE) at the Information Science Department, University of Pretoria. She manages the communication and activities for this hub which is central to the African Network on Information Ethics. She completed her Masters in Political Philosophy in 2014 with the main focus on Greek Theatre as a space for public and private political participation. Her research interests include information ethics, multilingualism and exploring the spaces for intercultural dialogue.ICIE Advisory BoardHellen AmungaAdvisor --
Dr. Hellen Amunga holds a PhD in Library & Information Science. Hellen joined Kenyatta University in 2009 as a Tutorial Fellow in the Department of Educational Communication and Technology and has served as an E-Learning Coordinator for the School of Education at Kenyatta University, engaging in teacher training and capacity building for practicing teachers and librarians for over nearly a decade. She is currently consulting for AGI – Information Management Consultants on the uptake of Dandelon metadata software by libraries. She has training in both Education and Library and Information science fields, with over ten years teaching experience at tertiary level. She is currently attached to the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kerala, India, as a Research Scholar (PhD). She has presented papers at conferences and workshops; and is the current national Hon. Secretary, Kenya Library Association (KLA).Coetzee BesterAdvisor --
Coetzee Bester studied at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, where he completed studies in anthropology, a postgraduate diploma in tertiary education, and a master’s degree in information science (1999) The study resulted in an integrated model for management of information in community development projects in Africa. From 1994-1999 he served as a member of parliament in South Africa and was a member of the Constitution Writing Assembly that finalized the historic Constitution for South Africa. Bester currently serves as the director of the African Center of Excellence for Information Ethics (ACEIE) based in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria. Theo BothmaAdvisor --
Theo Bothma is professor emeritus / contract professor and the former Head of the Department of Information Science (1 October 1995 - 30 June 2016). He joined the University of Pretoria in 1991 and became Head of Department in October 1995. He was appointed as chairperson of the School of Information Technology on 1 September 2008 and served two terms, until his retirement on 30 June 2016. He holds a C1 rating from the National Research Foundation (2009 - 2014, 2015 - 2020). In 2009 he was recognised by the University of Pretoria as an exceptional academic achiever, a three-year award (2010 - 2012), and again in 2012 (2013 - 2015). His teaching and research focus on information organization and retrieval (including aspects of information literacy and technologies for e-dictionaries), web development and electronic publishing, as well as on curriculum development. He is the author and co-author of numerous publications and has presented many papers at local and international conferences.Johannes BritzAdvisor --
Johannes Britz holds two doctoral degrees from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He obtained his first doctoral degree (Doctor Divinitatis) in Christian Philosophy and Ethics and the second (Doctor Philosophia,) in Information Science. He is currently serving as Provost at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA and Professor Extraordinary at the School of Information Technology at the University of Pretoria. He is also visiting scholar at the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) where he has lectured on Information Ethics since 1994. Dr. Britz is co-editor of the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) and serves on the editorial board of the Library and Information Science Research Journal of the University of Bucharest. He is a member of the advisory board of the South Africa Journal of Library and Information Science.Bernhard DebatinAdvisor --
Dr. Debatin recieved his PhD in Philosophy from the Technical University Berlin, Germany (1994) and his M.A. in Mass Communication from Free University Berlin, Germany (1988). His teaching and research interests include media ethics and the public sphere, environmental and science journalism, digital journalism, qualitative research, philosophy of technology, semiotics and metaphor theory. Since 2016, he has served as the director of Ohio University's Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics (IAPE). Dr. Debatin has authored or edited eight books, among them a workbook on Journalism Ethics for Professionals (2014) and a book on Metaphor Theory (1994), as well as edited volumes on The Mohamed Cartoon Debate (2007) and on Media Ethics (2003). He has published more than 80 scholarly articles in academic journals and books on media ethics, privacy, philosophy of technology, social media, language and semiotics, and the public sphere. Thomas J. Froehlich, Ph.D.Advisor --
Thomas J. Froehlich, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus, School of Information, Kent State University (27 years). The majority of his published work is concerned with information ethics, evolving in part from his philosophy background (Ph.D., Duquesne University, 1975). He has a M.S. in Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh (1982). His teaching areas included: information science, information ethics, information architecture, knowledge management, network and software resources, online searching, and user interface design. He was the chief architect and former Director of the M. S. Program in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management at Kent State University (2001-2011). He has provided workshops, trainings, seminars or presentations in 26 countries, primarily in the areas of information ethics and the searching of professional databases. He has recently inaugurated a course on the Age of Disinformation, and is continuing work on a taxonomy of false information and on pseudo-cognitive authorities.Jessica HeesenAdvisor --
Jessica Heesen is a researcher at the International Centre for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW) in Tübingen. She holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of Stuttgart, where her dissertation research focused on media ethics and internet communication. From 2002 – 2008 she served as assistant professor at the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Philosophy, and member of the research team of the DFG-Centre of Excellence 627 Nexus. From 2008 – 2010 she was assistant professor at the Centre for Basic Studies in Ethics and Philosophy, University of Freiburg, returning in 2010 to IZEW. She currently holds the Privatdozentin of the Institute for Philosophy at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT).John HolgateAdvisor --
John D. Holgate (M.A. (Lit) A.N.U., M.A. (Information) U.T.S., Dip Lib Info Sci UNSW) is director of library and information services at St. George Hospital, Sydney, Australia. He has been active for over 30 years in health information and electronic publishing in Australia and has presented papers on health informatics and digital libraries. Holgate co-edited (with Rafael Capurro) Messages and Messengers: Angeletics as an Approach to the Phenomenology of Communication (Fink, 2011).Soraj HongladaromAdvisor --
Soraj Hongladarom is professor of philosophy and director of the Center for Ethics of Science and Technology at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He has published books and articles on such diverse issues as bioethics, computer ethics, and the roles that science and technology play in the culture of developing countries. His research looks at the integration of science and technology into the life-world of the people of Third World countries and the ethical considerations obtained from these relationships. Soraj organized the second and third Asia-Pacific Computing and Philosophy conferences at Chulalongkorn University in 2005 and 2007. His works have appeared in The Information Society, AI & Society, Philosophy in the Contemporary World and Social Epistemology, among others.Dr. Toni SamekAdvisor --
Dr. Toni Samek is a Professor and Chair at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, where she has taught since 1994. Toni’s books include Intellectual Freedom and Social Responsibility in American Librarianship 1967 to 1974 and Librarianship and Human Rights: A twenty-first century guide. Her scholarship has appeared in translation in such countries as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Japan, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. She currently serves on the Advisory Board of Canada’s new Centre for Free Expression at Ryerson University. Toni received the debut Library Journal Teaching Award in 2007, a Faculty of Education Graduate Teaching Award in 2009, and the 3M National Teaching Fellowship from the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education in 2012. Marco SchneiderAdvisor --
Marco is a tenured researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Information on Science and Technology (Ibict ) and Professor at the Post Graduate Program in Information Science at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He teaches Social Communications at the Fluminense Federal University and at the Post Graduate Program in Media and Everyday Life at the Institute for Art and Social Communication. Marco received a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of São Paulo (2008) and his Postdoc in Cultural Studies at the Advanced Program for Contemporary Culture (2012). He is the author of The Dialectic of Taste: information, music and politics (2015). Marco represents the information ethics community of South America for the International Center for Information Ethics.Dr Pak-Hang WongAdvisor --
Dr. Pak-Hang Wong earned his BA (1st Hons) and M.Phil at the University of Hong Kong, later transferring to the Netherlands where he completed his PhD at the Department of Philosophy, University of Twente. After completing his PhD, he joined the University of Oxford as a Research Fellow on Climate Geoengineering Governance, and then as a Lecturer in Hang Seng Management College. In 2017, Pak-Hang Wong joined the Research Group for Ethics in Information Technology at the Department of Informatics, Universität Hamburg as a PostDoc Research Associate (“Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter”).ICIE Community Forum ModeratorsJennifer SertlModerator & Curator --
Business strategist Jennifer Sertl is an internationally recognized influencer in social media and thought leader in the emerging field of corporate consciousness. She is president and founder of Agility3R, a leadership development company dedicated to strengthening strategic skills and helping leaders become more resilient, responsive, and reflective. She is co-author of Strategy Leadership and the Soul published by Triarchy Press. She is currently Social Media Ambassador on-site for Social Innovation Summit held bi-annually in Washington, DC and Silicon Valley. She currently writes for Huffington Post. Jennifer is the head moderator and community curator for the International Center for Information Ethics.Philippa GöransonModerator --
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, mei modo mundi corpora in, ad per error consetetur. Paulo mucius philosophia vix ea, mel eu persius quaestio mediocritatem. Nihil tamquam delicata duo id, et wisi repudiandae pri. Per tale voluptaria inciderint et, eam ea assum nostrud. Te vero tota vocibus usu, simul virtute mandamus mei no, ancillae atomorum voluptatibus quo te. Ius eu diceret scripserit. Mei illud delenit urbanitas ad, an eum oporteat persecuti._f7f0bf6c-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0To seek leadership and excellence in all aspects of the Information Ethics discipline, including research, teaching, advocacy, and practice._f7f0c098-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0LeadershipExcellenceInformationEthicsPartnershipParametersAffirm the current parameters of the field of Information Ethics (IE)._f7f0c174-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0IUsing a community-led philosophy, the ICIE Advisory Board will preside over a community forum discussion towards the reaffirmation of the parameters and prerogatives of the field of information ethics as the field stands in 2018. Acknowledging its historically defined origins and looking to its current iterations, the ICIE community will consider the evolution of the field, seeking to recognize its broader aspects but identifying core focal points as currently applicable. Thus, establishing a set of parameters for the field, ICIE will revisit the definition of the field annually, updating as necessary, aspects of the field once per year. These definitions will be disclosed on the ICIE website and connected to annual output. All themes and focal areas will be discussed and confirmed by the members of the ICIE Advisory Board._f7f0c2f0-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0PartnershipsEstablish foundational partnerships with regional IE communities in BRICS nations._f7f0c3b8-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0IIBRICS NationsBrazilRussiaChinaIndiaICIE will reaffirm or establish foundational partnerships with existing Information Ethics communities from BRICS countries, forming partnerships where none exist, or strengthening currently existing partnerships within Brazilian, Russian, Chinese and Indian Information Ethics communities. ICIE will affirm representatives from each BRICS country and establish said representatives under the corresponding ICIE regional Chapter Head. Chapter Heads, along with their ICIE BRICS representatives, will work together to establish ongoing regional goals and objectives for the BRICS countries of ICIE._f7f0c494-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0JournalPublish a special edition of IRIE outlining the current parameters of the field of IE._f7f0c5ac-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0IIILeading from community forum discussions outlining the parameters of the field of Information Ethics (IE), as established above, ICIE will publish, in accordance with the guidelines of its journal the International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE), a special edition on the origins and evolutions of the field of Information Ethics. The special edition of IRIE will seek to address the evolution of the field of Information Ethics and its current state, looking at possibilities for a taxonomy for the field. It will serve to formalize the ICIE forum community discussions into scholarly articles addressing the following concerns and aspects:DefinitionsDetermine how practitioners and academics define the field of IE in 2018._f7f0c688-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.APractitionersAcademicsCategoriesIdentify the main categories of IE: past, present and future._f7f0c76e-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.BTaxonomyConsider whether a taxonomy of the field possible or even desirable._f7f0c872-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.CEvolutionConsider how the history of the field of IE informs its evolution._f7f0c94e-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.DTheoriesConsider how classical information theories inform the field of IE._f7f0ca3e-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.EConceptualizationAddress the concept of information as understood among different cultures._f7f0cb38-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.FApproachesAddress how historical approaches to the concept of information influence the field._f7f0cc1e-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.GInitiativesDetermine how IE practitioners can utilize IE scholarship to establish grassroots community initiatives._f7f0cd0e-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.HIE PractitionersCommunitiesResearchDetermine how IE research can best be applied to help information cultures flourish around the world._f7f0ce12-f330-11e8-9754-f1ca26fabdf0III.I2018-11-28OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net