Originator: kadie@eff.org
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Date:         Sat, 12 Sep 1992 13:24:53 GMT
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From:         "Carl M. Kadie" <kadie@EFF.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Inquiry: Ethics and Staff Responsibility Statements

PLAMBERT@BENTLEY.BITNET writes:

>I have been asked to obtain copies of 1) "computer-use ethics
>statements" which would apply to the general user population and
>systems staff, and 2) an "information services staff responsibility"
>document to guide the actions of systems and user-support people.
[...]

Staff repsonsiblity at university sites is a popular topic in the
Computers and Academic Freedom (CAF) mailing list. The CAF archive
contains many critiqued policies. The critiques usually discuss how
well the policy protects users privacy, freedom of expression, and due
process and participation rights. I'm enclosing more information.
Please send a summary of your conclusions to the CAF list.

- Carl Kadie, CAF archivist

ANNOTATED REFERENCES

(All these documents are available on-line. Access information follows.)

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caf
=================
A description to the comp-academic-freedom-talk mailing list. It is a
free-forum for the discussion of questions such as: How should general
principles of academic freedom (such as freedom of expression, freedom
to read, due process, and privacy) be applied to university computers
and networks? How are these principles actually being applied? How can
the principles of academic freedom as applied to computers and
networks be defended?

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statements/caf-statement
=================
This is an attempt to codify the application of academic freedom to
academic computers. It reflects our seven months of on-line discussion
about computers and academic freedom. It covers free expression, due
process, privacy, and user participation.

Comments and suggestions are very welcome (especially when posted to
CAF-talk). All the documents referenced are available on-line.
(Critiqued).

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statements/caf-statement.critique
=================
This is a critique of an attempt to codify the application of academic
freedom to academic computers. It reflects our seven months of on-line
discussion about computers and academic freedom. It covers free
expression, due process, privacy, and user participation.

Additional comments and suggestions are very welcome (especially when
posted to CAF-talk). All the documents referenced are available
on-line.

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faq/email.policies
=================
q: Do any universities treat email and computer files as private?
(Short Answer: yes, many examples are included.)

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faq/policy
=================
q: What guidance is there for creating or evaluating a computer policy?
(Describes the CAF-Archive and other resources.)

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=================

These document(s) are available by anonymous ftp (the preferred
method) and by email. To get the file(s) via ftp, do an anonymous ftp
to ftp.eff.org (192.88.144.4), and get file(s):

  pub/academic/caf
  pub/academic/statements/caf-statement
  pub/academic/statements/caf-statement.critique
  pub/academic/faq/email.policies
  pub/academic/faq/policy

To get the file(s) by email, send email to archive-server@eff.org.
Include the line(s) (be sure to include the space before the file
name):

send acad-freedom caf
send acad-freedom/statements caf-statement
send acad-freedom/statements caf-statement.critique
send acad-freedom/faq email.policies
send acad-freedom/faq policy

--
Carl Kadie -- I do not represent EFF; this is just me.
 =kadie@eff.org, kadie@cs.uiuc.edu =
Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU