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A Note On Civil Disobedience And Professional Ethics Codes, W. Bede Mitchell
A Note On Civil Disobedience And Professional Ethics Codes, W. Bede Mitchell
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In her exemplary book The Ethical Archivist, Elena S. Danielson devotes a chapter to professional ethics codes and points out that “[m]any informed observers do not feel that complying with the law has any place in a statement on ethics since laws enforce existing power relationships, which may be unfair.” (p.45) I will argue that including civil disobedience principles in ethics codes may be preferable to rejecting legal compliance as a consideration.