home | September 8th, 2012
Librarian ethical dilemma: I was just called over by our computer page to help a patron who’s having trouble printing on the public computers. It turns out what he wants to print are photos emailed to him by russian women (scam artists) he’s been corresponding with. Do I have an ethical obligation to tell him not to give either “Olga” or “Lara” his banking information? Or should I not be interfering in his “love life”?
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sydvish answered:
I’d mention it. BTW, I feel like there is some kind of tumblr glitch because I feel like you posted this last year, and I responded the same
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theuniversespeaks answered:
I think you should tell him and why. What he does with the information is up to him. Tricky though.
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gunsmoke666 answered:
gotta tell him broham. compassion for the fellow man. great blog.
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marginalgloss answered:
I don’t imagine he’ll react well but it’s probably best to tell him.
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notentirely answered:
i’d tell him. it seems the human thing to do.
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biteofpythias answered:
if youz pleazes nots to tells him, wez wood preciate it so it duznt mixes up our plans
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squashed answered:
The answer for anybody other than a librarian would clearly be to tell him. I don’t know librarian professional ethics, though.
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hungryghoast answered:
you should advise this poor fellow, I see it actually as your duty as a community rep working in part of the commons.
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hinetr answered:
If I was in your position, I would feel guilty for not advising him to not give away his info.
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newjerseykeepmybones answered:
I work in public labs at my university. Doing stuff like that on our network compromises our network as well, so we have to inform them.
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