Abstract

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.