Please read core readings
*Anderson, C. (2009). The Longer Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand. London: Random House Business.
*Anderson, C. (2010). Free: The Future of a Radical Price. London: Random House. Avgerou, C., Mansell, R. Quah, D., and Silverstone, R. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies Oxford: Oxford University Press [Electronic resource, available online via TUOS Library].
*Benkler, Y. (2006). The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. London: Yale University Press.
Braman, S. (2006). Change of State: Information, Policy, and Power. London: MIT Press.
Brevini, B., Hintz, A. and McCurdy, P. (2013). Beyond Wikileaks: Implications for the Future of Communications, Journalism and Society. London: Palgrave Macmillan. Brown, I. (2013). Research Handbook on Governance of the Internet. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
*Davenport, T.H. (2014). Bigdata@work: Dispelling the Myths, Uncovering the Opportunities. Boston (Ma.): Harvard Business Review Press.
*Grimmelmann, J. (2014). Internet Law: Cases and Problems 4.0. Available at:
*Dormehl, L. (2015). The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems…and Create More. London: WH Allen.
Lessig, L. (2006). Code Version 2.0. New York: Basic Books.
*Lessig, L. (2008). Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy. London: Bloomsbury.
Li, C. and Bernoff, J. (2008). Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Boston (Ma.): Harvard Business School Press.
Mansell, R. and Raboy, M. (2014). The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy. [Electronic resource, available online via TUOS Library] *Mayer-Schonberger, V. and Cukier, K. (2013). Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work and Think. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Moore, A.D. (2005). Information Ethics: Privacy, Property and Power. Washington: University of Washington Press.
Moore, A.D., ed. (2015). Privacy, Security and Accountability: Ethics, Law, and Policy. Lanham: RLI.
*Smallwood, R.F. (2014). Information Governance: Concepts, Strategies and Best Practices. Hoboken (NJ); John Wiley. [Electronic resource, available online via TUOS Library].
*Wacks, R. (2010). Privacy: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Electronic resource, and available online via University of Sheffield Library] Zittrain, J. (2009). The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. London: Penguin.
You are a Chief Information Officer, who has been commissioned by the Executive Board of your organization to write a Briefing Paper on the topic of Information Governance and Ethics
In view of the fact that not only information, but also data are now perceived as economic assets and societal resources, the Executive Board believes that Information Governance and Ethics is a much need new area of professional development.
Content：
Introduction
Why information governance and ethics?
What is information governance and ethics?
How can information governance and ethics be systematically and effectively developed within the organisation?
Conclusion
Why information governance and ethics?
A description and discussion of the conditions that have led to the emergence of information governance and ethics as a significant area of development within information management
What are the opportunities/risks for organisations, which information governance and ethics attempt to address?
What do the concepts of information governance, and ethics, mean?
How has information governance variously been defined?
What is its scope? e.g. data governance, information governance; law, regulations, and government policy.
What is the meaning of ethics as applied to information and data?
How can information governance and ethics be developed within the organisation?
What frameworks can be used e.g. approaches to data governance, and other procedural practices; structural practices, relational practices; information governance reference model.
What organizational factors should be considered?
What are the relevant technologies?
How can awareness be raised of ethical issues around personally identifiable information and data? What techniques can be used to handle information and data in an ethical way?
Additional points to consider
You should reference the relevant literature, and provide illustrative case examples e.g. business, government, health, social media
You should use tables and diagrams when these can convey information in a concise, effective, and appealing way
In summary, the main content of the briefing paper should consist of a coherent account of why information governance and ethics have emerged as significant topics of concern for information managers, what they consist of, and how information governance and ethics can be systematically and effectively developed within an organisational context. At the same time you should also attempt to go beyond the information given in the texts used, literature consulted, and lectures given, and begin to advance new points for consideration.