The information professional as an ethical intermediary: information quality criteria and the ethics of generative AI

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https://doi.org/10.47989/ir31365045

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artificial intelligence, information professionals, librarians, ethics, generative artificial intelligence, generative AI, Kantian ethics, deontological ethics, Marxist critique

Abstract

Introduction. The adoption of generative AI raises ethical concerns for information professionals whose intermediary role requires them to ensure information quality standards that users cannot independently verify. Professional ethics address quality superficially, and the ethical implications of generative AI have not been examined from the perspective of professional obligations.

Method. A scoping review assessed 644 records across three search strands, retaining 120 papers, which were analysed against ten information quality criteria and assessed for the strength of their ethical framing.

Analysis. Ten practice-derived quality criteria, corresponding closely to ISO/IEC 25012, are shown to be based on a Kantian deontological framework complemented by a Marxist treatment of algorithmic surplus value. For each criterion the literature documenting the relevant AI failure mode is reviewed and its ethical treatment assessed.

Results. Four criteria, accuracy, objectivity, identifiable origin, and accessibility, attract substantial ethical attention. For the remaining six, ethical treatment is limited or absent.

Conclusions. The information professional's intermediary role is an ethical necessity. Professional organisations are called upon to lobby actively for AI governance using the criteria framework developed here.

Author Biographies

Thomas D. Wilson, University of Borås

T.D. Wilson is Professor Emeritus, University of Borås, Sweden and of the University of Sheffield, UK. He holds a BSc. (Econ). Hons. degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of London and a Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield. He has received Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Gothenburg, Sweden and Murcia, Spain. He was the recipient of the 2017 ASIST Award of Merit and the Jason Farradane Award in 2020. He is the founder of Information Research and was publisher and Editor-in-Chief until 2017.  wilsontd@gmail.com

Elena Maceviciute, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Elena Macevičiutė is a Professor at the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius University and a Professor Emerita at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås, Sweden. She has participated in and led a number of EU research projects as well as those supported by the Swedish and Lithuanian Research Councils.  She has been active in editing the scholarly journals Information Research and Knygotyra. elena.maceviciute@gmail.com

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Wilson, T. D., & Maceviciute, E. (2026). The information professional as an ethical intermediary: information quality criteria and the ethics of generative AI. Information Research an International Electronic Journal, 31(3), 464–488. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir31365045

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