Free of charge; Recd 10/09/98; Contents : 1. Introduction : A. The need for an ethical and legal framework for the activities of information professionals; B. Definitions and distinctions; C. Growth and proliferation of information technologies and networks; D. Limitations and constraints; E. Organizational context : academic libraries, public libraries, special libraries, information services or centers; F. Modalities of ethics; G. Politics and ethics : special concerns among developing countries or developed and developing countries; 2. General principles or factors and values and the need for balance : A. Proposed foundation for the shared values or principles; B. Obligations of library and information professionals; C. Ethical principles; D. Need for the balance and the juxtaposition of norms, obligations or principles; 3. Areas of ethical and legal concern in information production, collection and dissemination : A. Introduction; B. Library and information professionals and information collection : issues of quality control and censorship; C. Information professionals and information retrieval and dissemination; 4. Information professionals and environmental constraints : A. Organizational issues; B. Professional issues; C. Relationship among personal, professional and organizational loyalties and values; D. Environmental issues; 5. Summary of legal and ethical concerns;. "Prepared ... for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) under contract in 1996 with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)"--Pref.