Colleagues: I'm very pleased to announce that a forthcoming issue of _Ethics and Information Technology_ will feature a series of significant essays on Internet research ethics, including several from the AoIR ethics working committee and AoIR more broadly, i.e. Amy Bruckman Dag Elgesem Charles Ess Kate O'Riordan Joe Walther Michele White Even better: thanks to the energy and initiative of Helen Nissenbaum and a supporting grant from the National Science Foundation, these essays are now available on the Web: http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nissenbaum/projects_ethics.html Readers of the AoIR ethics working committee report (<www.aoir.org/reports/ethicsfinal.pdf>) will note that these essays play an important role in helping to shape our discussion and reflection: especially as we ready the report - in light of discussion and comments from the AoIR 3.0 panel in Maastricht - for AoIR membership review and vote, I'm pleased that these essays are now available for your review and use as well. I commend these essays to your attention. As editor of the special issue, my judgment is no doubt less than perfectly objective - but in my view, I think it's quite fair to say that these essays will more than reward the attention of anyone interested in exploring the complexities of Internet research ethics. Indeed, I think they'll stand as a high water mark and important reference point for subsequent reflection and discussion of these issues. Our thanks to the National Science Foundation for providing the funding that made possible our bringing these contributors together originally as a panel at the Computer Ethics: Professional Enquiries (CEPE) conference (Lancaster, UK, December 14-16, 2001), as well as for the support of the special issue of _Ethics and Information Technology_ and the affiliated website. My thanks especially to Helen Nissenbaum who first conceived of this project and energetically pursued NSF funding. Happy reading! Charles Ess Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Center Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC 2002: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac02/ Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23