Author: lnbressa

The Ethical Dilemma at the Heart of Big Tech Companies

Administrative Regulations, Algorithmic Accountability Documentation, Business, Human Resource Decisions, Investment Priorities

Author: Emanuel Moss, Jacob Metcalf; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how for better or worse, the parameters of ethically-developed business processes will drive future administrative regulations, algorithmic accountability documentation,…
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Survey XII: What Is the Future of Ethical AI Design?

Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Data Privacy, Sustainability, Transparency

Author: Elon University; Publisher: Pew Research Center; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses the current public opinion of ethics in artificial intelligence (AI) and where we’re headed. They conducted a survey in 2021 which…
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ICE Doubles Down On Controversial Facial Recognition Technology

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Biometric Data, Clearview, Facial Recognition Systems, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Surveillance, Transparency

Author: Eloise Goldsmith; Publisher: Who What Why; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how Clearview artificial intelligence (AI) has a database with up to 10 billion faces and has biometric identifiers as well. U.S.…
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How an Algorithm Meant to Help Parents Could Target Poor Families Instead

Algorithm, Child Welfare, Data Collection, Pennsylvania, Policing, Predictions, Universally Available Data

Author: Elizabeth Brico; Publisher: Talk Poverty; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses an algorithm that is being implemented in Allegheny County, PA that is intended to assist its child welfare programs by predicting which…
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Internet Research Ethics

Anonymity, Big Data, Consent, Data Confidentiality, Data Tracking, Deception, Ethical Obligations, Minors, Personally Identifiable Information, Surveillance

Author: Elizabeth A. Buchanan; Publisher: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; Publication Year: 2021. The following resource discusses how internet research comes with a myriad of ethical questions: What ethical obligations do researchers have to protect the…
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What Responsibilities Does Facebook Have With Our Private Data?

9th Amendment, Data Storage, Differential Privacy, Facebook, Private Data, Public Data, Social Media

Author: Elisa Celis; Publisher: Data Science Ethics; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how Facebook is currently the largest social media platform and stores enormous amounts of data. Facebook has data from a user’s…
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Data Transparency with Blockchain and AI Ethics

Blockchain Technology, California Data Privacy Law, Decentralized Networks, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation

Author: Elisa Bertino, Ahish Kundu, Zehra Sura; Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Digital Library; Publication Year: 2019. The following article provides an overview of how data ethics should be incorporated into decentralized networks and…
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Questions and Answers to Clarify and Provide a Common Interpretation of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures

Hiring, Impact Ratios, Promotion

Author: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Alan K. Campbell, Drew S. Days III, Weldon J. Rougeau, Kent A. Peterson; Publisher: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Publication Year: 1979. The following article is more specific to a particular…
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Closing the Public Health Ethics Gap

COVID-19, PREVENT Pandemics Act, Public Health

Author: Efthimios Parasidis, Amy L. Fairchild; Publisher: The New England Journal of Medicine; Publication Year: 2022. The following article argues that a lack of professional ethicists on public health teams during the pandemic was a…
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