TY - JOUR AB - Purpose– This paper discusses the publication “Challenges to ethical publishing in the digital era”. Design/methodology/approach– It is a critical analysis of the paper built around two main arguments: the need to stress the positive in ethical debates; the critique of apolitical professionalism; the crucial need to stress the ties between politics and ethics. Findings– No finding — it was simply argument. Research limitations/implications– Provocative challenge to dominant ethical debates. Practical implications– The need to challenge the myths of professionalism. Originality/value– The need for the academe to embrace more the work coming out of the alternative public sphere. VL - 14 IS - 1 SN - 1477-996X DO - 10.1108/JICES-10-2015-0037 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-10-2015-0037 AU - Keeble Richard PY - 2016 Y1 - 2016/01/01 TI - Publication ethics: stressing the positive T2 - Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 20 EP - 23 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -