Informační etika v současné společnosti

Abstract

The aim of this bachelor´s work is approach ethics, focusing on information ethics. Information ethics applies to people who work with information. This may be especially information workers, journalists, librarians, etc. Its origins can be found in antiquity, in the antiquity was characterized as freedom of speech, in the modern era was characterized as the freedom of press and now it´s free access to information. Information ethics is now regarded as perhaps the fastest growing professional section. In a broad sense it includes the whole area of informatics and computer industries, but also librarianship, archival science, journalism, publishing and many others. In a way, in the information sector moves each of us: everybody is participate in the process of collecting, managing and mostly transfering information. Information practice is actually full of ethical problems, which I deal in my bachelor´s work. The first chapter deal with the beginnings of information ethics, its intentions and consequences of breach, farther problems related to information ethics and codes of ethics in information ethics. In the chapter are introduced the troubled cases of IE, such as the right to information, protection of trade secrets, or freedom of speech. In the second chapter are analyzed the ethical rules in the Internet environment. In the third part described the use this issue in the media, the third part includes interview, questionnaire and article.