Authorial Ethics is a normative study that deals with the many ways in which writers abuse their commitment to truth and integrity. It is divided by academic discipline and includes chapters on journalism, history, literature, art, psychology, and science, among others. Robert Hauptman offers generalizations and theoretical remarks exemplified by specific cases. Two major abrogations are inadvertent error and purposeful misconduct, which is subdivided into falsification, fabrication, and plagiarism. All of these problems appear in most disciplines, although their negative impact is felt most potently in biomedical research and publication. Professor Mary Lefkowitz, the classicist, provides an incisive foreword.
Robert Hauptman is a retired reference librarian and retired professor of Learning Resources & Technology Services, Education, and Information Media at St. Cloud State University. He is founding editor of Journal of Information Ethics and author of The Mountain Encyclopedia, among other books.
Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 PrefacePart 3 PreliminariesChapter 4 Chapter 1. IntroductionPart 5 The HumanitiesChapter 6 Chapter 2. JournalismChapter 7 Chapter 3. HistoryChapter 8 Chapter 4. Life WritingChapter 9 Chapter 5. LiteratureChapter 10 Chapter 6. ArtPart 11 The Social SciencesChapter 12 Chapter 7. Psychology and SociologyChapter 13 Chapter 8. AnthropologyPart 14 The SciencesChapter 15 Chapter 9. Physics and BiomedicinePart 16 Other AreasChapter 17 Chapter 10. Business and EconomicsChapter 18 Chapter 11. LawPart 19 ExtrapolationChapter 20 Chapter 12. A Concise Theory of Authorial EthicsChapter 21 Chapter 13. Concluding Remarks
With abundant lessons drawn from a rogues’ gallery of those who lied, cheated, and stole their way into undeserved credit or publication, Robert Hauptman's thoughtful and wide-ranging Authorial Ethics should be required reading for every writer in every field.