An Introduction to Professional Ethics in Librarianship and Information Science (with an Emphasis on the Two Components of Theory and Education)

Document Type : Original Article

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Khuzestan Water and Electricity Organization Library and Information Center

Abstract
Although there is no profession that does not need an ethical system, this is especially true in service professions such as librarianship and information. However, there is a noticeable lack of training programs in the field of teaching professional ethics to librarians. From the perspective of this article, the formulation of professional ethics goes beyond writing a set of dos and don’ts. Any dos and don’ts that do not have a well-founded philosophical basis will remain a prescriptive rule. Accordingly, the author has proposed a theory called “Theory of Balanced Function of Libraries” as a cornerstone for the formulation and training of professional ethics for librarians and information workers.

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