Arabic code of ethics for records, archives and information management profession
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https://doi.org/10.70000/cj.2025.77.640Keywords:
Archives profession, Archival ethics, Ethical codes, Ethical rules, Behavioral rulesAbstract
The profession of records, archives and information management - like other professions - needs ethical rules that regulate the behavior of its workers and organize their relationship with users and workers in related or relevant professions, bodies and entities. Many foreign archival bodies have issued codes of ethics of the archival profession to ensure the best behavioral and ethical practices for archivists and workers in the records and information professions. This study seeks to find an Arabic ethical code for practicing this profession that is Compatible with the Arab reality and focuses on the most important Arabic issues in the field, guided by models of archival ethics codes issued by international, professional, and official archival bodies.
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