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Truth in Pictures: What Google Image Searches Tell Us About Inequality at Work

Gender Bias, Google, Racial Bias, Representation, Search Engine

Author: Gretchen Hellman; Publisher: Diversity Employers; Publication Year: 2017. The following article speaks about the bias of search engines. If you were to look for images of a “professor” or “CEO” you would find images…
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Player Tracking Coming to the NHL? It’s Complicated

Data Privacy, National Hockey League, Rugby, Wearable Data Device

Author: Greg Wyshynski; Publisher: ESPN; Publication Year: 2018. In the following article, before diving into the ethical concerns of data usage in the NHL, the author turns to rugby. The kicker of a recent rugby…
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Google Model Cards: A Proposed First Step

Google, Machine Learning, Transparency

Author: N/A; Publisher: Google Cloud; Publication Year: N/A. The following tool is a proposed method for machine learning transparency similar to Microsoft’s Datasheets for Datasets. It proposes a “card” that comes with each model, designed…
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The Importance of Data Ethics | Google Data Analytics Certificate

Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Google

Author: Google Career Certificates; Publisher: YouTube; Publication Year: 2021. The following video features Alex, a research scientist at Google, who talks about how their team works through challenges of how artificial intelligence (AI) interacts with…
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How To Design Ethical Storytelling

Cultural Equity, Diversity, Ethical Storytelling, Identity Protection, Sustainability, Transparency

Author: Goldie Chan; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2022. The following article is an interview with Nicole Solis-Sison who is a director and producer. In her work, she emphasizes the need for cultural equity, diversity, and…
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FAIR Principles

Accessibility, Fairness, Findability, GO FAIR, Implementation Networks, Interoperability, Reusability

Author: N/A; Publisher: GO FAIR; Publication Year: 2016. The following article focusses on GO FAIR, a stakeholder-driven and self-governed initiative that aims to implement the FAIR data principles. They use Implementation Networks to define and…
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Ethics of the Data Science Practice

Artificial Intelligence, Game of Thrones, Training Data

Author: Ghislain Landry Tsafack Chetsa; Publisher: Towards Sustainable Artificial Intelligence; Publication Year: 2021. The following article makes a Game of Thrones reference to connect the fictional character’s use of power for their advantage to the…
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The Ethical Limits of Blockchain-Enabled Markets for Private IoT Data

Anonymity, Blockchain Technology, Private Data, Security

Author: Georgy Ishmaev; Publisher: Springer Link; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses the growth of the blockchain technology and its potential impact of security and privacy of technology users. It is highlighted that the…
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Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show

Facebook, Instagram, Teenage Girls

Author: Georgia Wells, Jeff Horwitz, Deepa Seetharaman; Publisher: The Wall Street Journal; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how internal reports at Facebook found that Instagram presented real harm to teenage girls. About 1/3…
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