Among the issues to be considered in deciding who should teach information, as Carbo (2005:27) suggests, is what knowledge and experience (and in what subject areas, such as philosophy, library and information science, or computer science, etc.) are needed to teach an information ethics course. Fallis (2005:7) believes that the course should be taught by library and information professionals who have actually faced some of these ethical dilemmas, and not by philosophers trained in applied ethics. He supports his statement by stating that it is imperative that these courses be taught by someone who understands the ethical dilemmas facing information professionals. He does believe, however, that in order for someone to teach, the person must have knowledge in areas such as philosophy and be familiar with the ethical theories and their application to ethical dilemmas facing information and library professionals. The Information Ethics Interest Group concurs with Fallis’ view by stating that the course should be taught by a qualified member of the Department
