FPF:UBKKA111 Information Ethics 2 - Course Information

UBKKA111 Information Ethics 2

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Marek Timko, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Marek Timko, Ph.D.
Institute of The Czech Language and Library Science – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava

Prerequisites (in Czech)

Nejsou.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Library Science in combination with another discipline (programme FPF, B6107 HuSt)
• Library Science (programme FPF, B7201 InSK)

Course objectives

In the seminar, students will be encouraged to self-directed considerations such as copyright protection, citation ethics, obstacles and deformity on ethical issues in relation to new information media and the information society. In addition to solving partial ethical problems is to lectures and seminars to contribute to the creation of a general ethical profile librarian users - readers. Course curriculum is based on the main chapters of literature and is updated in terms of current developments through individual journal articles.

Syllabus

• Ethics and onthology
  Ethics and technology
  Ethics and information
  Codex of ethics
  Copyright
  Freedom of speech, censorship, ethical problems of advertisement
  Information systems which breaks the human freedom
  Macroethics

Literature

required literature
• ŠMAJS, J. Filosofie - obrat k Zemi: evolučněontologická reflexe přírody, kultury, techniky a lidského poznání. Praha, 2008. info
• ŠMAJS, J. (a kol.). Podnikatelská a environmentální etika. Brno, 2008. info
• VANĚK, J. Principy obecné, ekonomické a informační etiky. Praha, 2005. info
• MLEZIVA, E. Diktatura informací. Plzeň, 2004. info
• ČINČERA, J. Informační etika. Sylabus k bakalářskému studiu informační vědy. Brno, 2002. info
• JÁNOŠ, K. Informační etika. 2003, 1993. info

Teaching methods

Lecturing

Assessment methods

Written exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Requirements for obtaining credits: 75% active participation in seminars, preparation of (+ or oral presentation) paper on a selected topic or seminar paper on a selected topic. The exam will be a written test (5 open questions of the issues discussed).
Report, respectively essay: 3-5 pages of pure text (without title page, illustrations, appendices and list of references) must also fulfill the requirements of a seminar paper (see below), students are ready to present a paper, gives in printed form, the topics and deadlines paper students will be informed during the semester.

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