Category: 2021

Ethical Data Analytics — What Every Business Needs to Know

Amazon, Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Customer Data, Facebook, Google, Hiring, Image Recognition, Microsoft, Tay, Twitter

Author: Tom Jongen; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how if any company uses customer data to make customer-facing decisions, there are ethical issues that need to be considered. Also, it asks…
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Cautionary Tales – Florence Nightingale and her Geeks Declare War on Death

Data Visualizations, Florence Nightingale, Sanitary Commission

Author: Tim Harford; Publisher: Tim Harford (Personal Website); Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, famously used data visualization to communicate the impact of the Sanitary Commission’s…
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The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the US (And Why It Matters)

Data Collection, Data Selling, Hacking, Information Leak

Author: Thorin Klosowski; Publisher: The New York Times, Wirecutter; Publication Year: 2021. The following article points out the massive amount of data that is collected on us daily by all sorts of different companies. These…
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Doing Data Science for Social Good, Responsibly

For-Profit, Not-For-Profits, Paternalism, Power Imbalance

Author: Rachel Thomas; Publisher: fast.ai; Publication Year: 2021. The following article focuses on some of the ethical considerations not-for-profits need to consider before beginning a data science project. In addition to the general privacy and…
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Algorithmic Bias Explained: How Automated Decision-Making Becomes Automated Discrimination

Algorithmic Bias, Credit Worthiness, Lending Algorithms, Racial Bias

Author: N/A; Publisher: The Greenlining Institute; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses algorithmic biases in credit and finance, healthcare, employment, government programs, education and housing. Focusing in on algorithmic bias in credit and finance,…
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A Good Talk About Good Data

Google, Personal Privacy, Personally Identifiable Information, Targeted Personal Data

Author: Susanne Schmidt, Sam Gilbert; Publisher: Open Innovations; Publication Year: 2021. In the following article, Susanne and Sam wrestle with different definitions of data ethics and the contexts behind these definitions. They decide that the…
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Financial Services Firms Turn to Data Ethics to Manage Digital Risks

Automation, Cybersecurity, Data Governance, Fairness, Risks

Author: Steven Tiell; Publisher: Accenture; Publication Year: 2021. The following article talks about how In 2021, data ethics will be the tool financial services firms choose to manage digital risks in automation and cybersecurity. Practicing…
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Teaching Ethics and AI for Ethics

Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Curriculum, Decision-Making, Financial Data

Author: Steven M. Mintz; Publisher: Strategic Finance; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how data ethics is vital for young professionals to learn in a new automated, decision-making world in finance. For this reason,…
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AI’s Impact on Video Game Outcomes Frustrates Gamers

Artificial Intelligence, Electronic Arts

Author: Stephen Sharbaugh; Publisher: Sports Litigation Alert; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to integrate itself into the public more through different adoption methods, scrutiny is inevitable and…
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