Information ethics education in Africa. Where do we stand?

International Information and Library Review

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 79-88

  Ocholla, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Applied ethics; Ethics; Ethics education; Information ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349084622     PISSN: 10572317     EISSN: 10959297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iilr.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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