TY - JOUR
T1 - The social construction of copyright ethics and values
AU - Slaughter, Sheila
AU - Rhoades, Gary
N1 - Funding Information:
This paper draws on data gathered in the course of a National Science Foundation funded research project. Our research used a multiple case study design (Singleton and Straights 1999), with primarily qualitative, comparative methods. Our points of comparison were by institutions, field of study, and level of education.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We would like to thank the National Science Foundation Information Technology Research Program for their support of our research, Jennifer Croissant and Gary Rhoades and Sheila Slaughter. ‘‘Virtual Values: Information Technology, Distance Learning and Higher Education.’’
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This study is based on analysis of copyright policies and 26 interviews with science and engineering faculty at three research universities on the topic of copyright beliefs, values, and practices, with emphasis on copyright of instructional materials, courseware, tools, and texts. Given that research universities now emphasize increasing external revenue flows through marketing of intellectual property, we expected copyright to follow the path of patents and lead to institutional emphasis of policies and practices that enhanced universities' intellectual property portfolios, accompanied by an increase in copyrighting by professors. Although this pattern occurred with regard to institutions, professors offered a more varied pattern, with some fully participating in commercialization of copyright and embracing entrepreneurial values, while others resisted or subverted commercial activity in favor of traditional science and engineering values.
AB - This study is based on analysis of copyright policies and 26 interviews with science and engineering faculty at three research universities on the topic of copyright beliefs, values, and practices, with emphasis on copyright of instructional materials, courseware, tools, and texts. Given that research universities now emphasize increasing external revenue flows through marketing of intellectual property, we expected copyright to follow the path of patents and lead to institutional emphasis of policies and practices that enhanced universities' intellectual property portfolios, accompanied by an increase in copyrighting by professors. Although this pattern occurred with regard to institutions, professors offered a more varied pattern, with some fully participating in commercialization of copyright and embracing entrepreneurial values, while others resisted or subverted commercial activity in favor of traditional science and engineering values.
KW - Case studies
KW - Copyright
KW - Intellectual property policies
KW - Patents
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U2 - 10.1007/s11948-009-9162-1
DO - 10.1007/s11948-009-9162-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 19728164
AN - SCOPUS:77952419194
SN - 1353-3452
VL - 16
SP - 263
EP - 293
JO - Science and Engineering Ethics
JF - Science and Engineering Ethics
IS - 2
ER -