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A practical guide to museum ethics

Yerkovich, Sally, author

Overview

\"With money increasingly difficult to raise, is a museum more likely to accede to potential funders' demands even when those demands might compromise the museum's integrity? When a museum is struggling with debilitating debt, should the sale of selected items from its collections and the use of the resulting proceeds bring the museum into a more stable financial position? When a museum attempts to build its attendance and attract local visitors by crowdsourcing exhibitions, is it undermining its integrity? Ethical questions about museum activities are legion, yet they are usually only discussed when they become headlines in newspapers. Museum staff respond to such problems under pressure, often unable to take the time required to think through the sensitive and complex issues involved. Grounded in a series of case studies, A Practical Guide to Museum Ethics confronts types of ethical dilemmas museums face and explores attempts to resolve them in chapters dealing with accessibility, disability, and diversity; collections; conflict of interest; governance; management; deaccessioning; and accountability and transparency. Suitable for classroom use as well as a professional reference, here is a comprehensive, practical guide for dealing with ethical issues in museums\"--From publisher's website.

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Subject: Museums Moral and ethical aspects Handbooks, manuals, etc. / Museums Moral and ethical aspects Case studies. / Museum curators Professional ethics Handbooks, manuals, etc. / Museum directors Professional ethics Handbooks, manuals, etc. / Museums Employees Professional ethics Handbooks, manuals, etc. / Museums Standards Handbooks, manuals, etc. / Professional ethics Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• ISBN: 9781442231627, 9781442231634

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
AM7.Y37 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE