Code of Ethics
70th Anniversary Celebration
The Committee on Professional Ethics is pleased to invite you to the 70th anniversary celebration of the ALA Code of Ethics! The celebration will feature a keynote speech by prominent author Rushworth M. Kidder and will also launch ALA's new ethics education initiative. More information on Dr. Kidder is available below. The ethics education initiative will give librarians the opportunity to offer training at the local or state level on confronting tough ethical issues, and will feature materials from the Institute for Global Ethics, which was founded by Dr. Kidder. Please join us for this very special event!
Save the Date
January 25th, 2009
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
American Library Association Midwinter Conference, Denver, Colorado
Colorado Convention Center, Room 207
Keynote Speaker: Rushworth Kidder
Rush Kidder's calling is to help people make better, more ethical decisions in every aspect of life. Through his lively, compelling, real-life stories, he illustrates the fact that our toughest choices are not matters of right versus wrong but of right versus right. Using a robust, straightforward framework for discussing ethics, he brings an uncommon clarity to the complexities of ethical decision-making. In 1990, Kidder founded the Institute for Global Ethics, an independent, nonsectarin, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting ethical action in a global context. Kidder is the author of a number of books, including the seminal 1995 text, How Good People Make Tough Choices, and Moral Courage (2005). He has been a regular contributor to O, the Oprah Magazine.
Related Links
The American Library Association Code of Ethics (.pdf document)
Excerpt from How Good People Make Tough Choices, by Rushworth Kidder
Except from Moral Courage, by Rushworth Kidder
Rushworth Kidder in O, The Oprah Magazine
History of the American Library Association's Code of Ethics