Author: Sarah Zhang
Publisher: Wired
Publication Year: 2016
Summary: The following article discusses how ethical boundaries for data researchers are still developing as data research is still an emerging field. Under the Common Rule in the U.S., federally funded research has to go through ethical review. Rather than one unified system, though, every single university has its own institutional review board, or IRB. Very few IRB members are professional ethicists, and even fewer have a background in computer science or security. As companies seek out researchers for their projects, it is becoming increasingly important to solidify an ethical framework for data scientists around the world to follow.
