ABSTRACT

This volume is a guide to the difficult ethical questions museums work entails. While promoting the value of ethical theory and practice in museums, Edson tackles several key controversies and also corrects a number of prevailing misconceptions about museum ethics, such as the difference between social morals and professional ethics as they relate to the museum context.

Drawing on the author’s extensive teaching experience, Museum Ethics in Practice offers clear and practical guidance on the application of ethics to the museum profession. Using example-driven arguments that incorporate varied case studies from around the world, this book is an excellent resource for museum studies students and professionals currently working in museums.

chapter |5 pages

Introduction to practical museum ethics

chapter 1|14 pages

Ethics and the museum

chapter 2|14 pages

Ethical perspectives

chapter 3|19 pages

Ethics and social responsibility

chapter 4|16 pages

Ethical practice

chapter 5|17 pages

Ethics and consistency

chapter 6|18 pages

Ethics and truth

chapter 7|21 pages

Ethics as personal standards

chapter 8|30 pages

Ethics and professionalism

chapter 9|16 pages

Ethics and predictability

chapter 10|12 pages

Ethics as a code