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The Code of Ethics and Workplace Behaviors: Implications for Leadership and Cultivating Ethical Leaders for Tomorrow’s Academic Libraries

The Code of Ethics and Workplace Behaviors: Implications for Leadership and Cultivating Ethical Leaders for Tomorrow’s Academic Libraries
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Author(s): Kaetrena Davis Kendrick (University of South Carolina – Lancaster, USA)and Echo Leaver (University of South Carolina – Aiken, USA)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 42
Source title: Succession Planning and Implementation in Libraries: Practices and Resources
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kiyomi D. Deards (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)and Gene R. Springs (The Ohio State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5812-7.ch004

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Abstract

An investigative study was performed to better understand the practical influence of the American Library Association’s Code of Ethics on the workplace behaviors and decisions of academic librarians. Participants in this investigative study were credentialed academic librarians working in North American college and university libraries, and this chapter focuses on academic librarians who hold leadership positions in management and administration. Study results show no significant results between COE familiarity and effects on ethical behaviors in the workplace; however, these results have implications for the debate surrounding enforcement of the COE and offer some insight into the links between the challenges of succession planning, leadership, and ethical behaviors in academic library environments.

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