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Intersection of privacy law and copyright law (esp. fair use and library/archival uses) -- is it ethical to reproduce signed cease-and-desist letters?

Questioning ethics of publishers... is it okay to publish something that is so disputable? Is there a different law of ethics from newspapers/reporters to books?

Academic publisher's code of ethics

Ethical dilemma -- how far can a publication ethically go to get a hold of its story sources?

Is Apple justified in refusing to sell e-books that link to Amazon? Is this ethical?

Washington Post had to cancel series of meetings with lobbyists, etc., because of fears they violated ethics.

Okay, does anyone besides me find it ironic that by making a kerfluffle about it, more people are going to know about this story than just the publication's original readers? Ironic that a post condemning the (lack of) ethics of a publisher are in some ways exacerbating the original problem.

With the Ethics in Publishing conference coming up, this might be interesting to see more of, high profile social networking sites making an effort to increase their own accessibility.  

I think this article overlaps into the discussion of ethics in publishing. Personally, I am not only appalled but also very disappointed in the choice Lifeway made to stop selling these Bibles. 

In light of demands by the State of Texas for biology textbooks with "balanced"  treatment of evolution. "So here's the missing piece: what about the textbook companies? When this issue is discussed, the publishers are talked about as if they have no agency, no ability to affect the outcome of these events. But they're morally culpable for participating in these farces. If they wanted, they could stand up to the state of Texas. So how can the people who work at a publisher in good conscience agree to write a biology textbook that treats evolution as a wild, unsupported idea?

A fascinating investigation that raises questions about Digg's ranking algorithm; revenue models based on page views; and the ethics of media outlets inflating their page hits using social bookmarking.

Ooops! Elsevier regrets that a Journal that looks like it's peer-reviewed is actually an advertisement for a pharmaceutical company.

There's a blurb and a video at this link -- go take a look. (Also, would it be illegal if instead he was selling ebooks? Do the retailers' laws even cover that, does anyone know?)

An editorial from an Oxford philosophy professor on the problem of publishing pointless papers being unethical in academic publishing - he argues there is a little of unoriginal drivel being recycled from old papers.

Thoughts about use of disclosure statements in the blogosphere to establish trust with readers.

The dark side of open access?  

"Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments' feathers with a "surveillance-proof" smartphone app to allow people to make secure phone calls and send texts easily. Now, the company is pushing things even further-with a groundbreaking encrypted data transfer app that will enable people to send files securely from a smartphone or tablet at the touch of a button. (For now, it's just being released for iPhones and iPads, though Android versions should come soon.) That means photographs, videos, spreadsheets, you name it-sent scrambled from one person to another in a matter of seconds." In an age where we can pretty much assume we're being monitored 24/7, is this a good thing? Or is this another tool for some really terrible people to do some really terrible things, but now with an added layer of privacy?

The challenges of magazine publishing in a country where government controls publishing.

Continuing bad behavior from Amazon.  How is this good for publishing?