Ethics, Accountability, and Recordkeeping in a Dangerous World

Richard J. Cox

ISBN: 9781856045964
Published: 2007
6 x 9 | 256 pp.

Archives and records repositories are the safe havens of information. But modern influences such as corporate and government privacy, intellectual property disputes, and ever-changing technologies threaten the integrity of the profession’s work. In this new volume, noted educator and practitioner Richard J. Cox examines the controversial issues that are shaping archives and records management programs and challenging the ethical codes and responsibilities of professionals. The thought-provoking chapters explore public interest and institutional loyalty; authority and electronic records; government information and political papers; changing technology; and more. Always forward-thinking and insightful, Ethics, Accountability, and Recordkeeping in a Dangerous World provides valuable guidance for archivists and records manager wrestling with the big issues of the profession.