McMenemy, David2019-09-252019-09-252015-01-292014http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/217629" Any popular movement be it political, professional, or social will be partly a product of the values that led to its formation; public librarianship is no different, expanding as a profession out of a desire to ensure wide access to information and works of the imagination for the benefit of society. The ethical parameters of a profession are embedded in their codes of ethics, and while no single code covers all countries, studies have indicated there are themes that cut across most. Based on their study of 37 separate ethical codes in our own discipline, Koehler and Pemberton identified six categories that most of the ethical codes covered, namely: 1. Client/patron rights and privileges 2. Selection issues 3. Professional practice 4. Access issues 5. Employer responsibility 6. Social issues (Koehler and Pemberton, 2000, p.34)engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)code of conductcode of ethicslibrariansKantian ethicsutilitarianismprofessional ethicsEconomic ethicsLabour/professional ethicsTechnology ethicsCultural ethicsMedia/communication/information ethicsBook chapter