The legal environment
Abstract:
As information consultancy seldom has a tangible product, it relies heavily on trust between client and provider. The most important ethical and legislative frames of this connection are liability (to minimise the likelihood of litigation), intellectual property, copyright and the code of ethical practice. The codes are mostly issued by organisations of information professionals and contain, among others, the subjects of competence, confidentiality, independence, remuneration and quality issues.
Key words
legislation
liability
copyright
code of ethical practice
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