Category: 2021

Ethics in the Digital World: Where We Are Now and What’s Next

Digital Technology, Ethical Principles, Ethical Standards

Author: Kate Gromova, Yaroslav Eferin; Publisher: World Bank Blogs; Publication Year: 2021. The following article talks about how the widespread adoption of digital technologies is raising questions about ethics of data use for countries across…
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Deleting Unethical Data Sets Isn’t Good Enough

Artificial Intelligence, Data Maintenance, Data Scraping, Data Usage, MS-Celeb-1M, Unethical Data Sets

Author: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2021. The following article argues that deleting unethical data sets is not sufficient to be ethically responsible, and that “those working in [artificial intelligence (AI)] must…
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Ethics and Empathy in Using Imputation to Disaggregate Data for Racial Equity

Academic Internal Review Boards, Accountability, Data Collection, Data Disaggregation, Imputation

Author: K. Steven Brown, LesLeigh Ford, Shena Ashley; Publisher: Racial Equity Analytics Lab; Publication Year: 2021. The following guide by the Urban Institute is meant to guide the practice of data disaggregation when using imputation,…
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Global Data Ethics Pledge

Fairness, Openness, Reliability, Social Benefit, Trust

Author: N/A; Publisher: Data4Democracy; Publication Year: 2021. The following document was created by the organization, Data4Democracy. Data4Democracy is a volunteer organization that brings together data practitioners from all over the world to work on data…
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Can You Hear the Will of the People in the Vote? Assessing Fairness in Redistricting via Monte Carlo Sampling

Algorithms, Congressional Maps, Election, Equity, Fairness, Gerrymandering, Voting Preferences

Author: Jonathan Mattingly; Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics; Publication Year: 2021. The following video is the author presenting his research on how local, state, and national elections depend on the underlying maps that…
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The Role of the Arts and Humanities in Thinking About Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Artificial Intelligence, Humanities, Philosophy

Author: John Tasioulas; Publisher: Ada Lovelace Institute; Publication Year: 2021. The following article takes a somewhat antagonistic view against the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and the author aims to persuade how the arts and…
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Startups Should Have a Chief Data Ethics Officer

Consumer Confidence, Consumer Trust, Data Collection, Data Practices, Transparency

Author: John Story; Publisher: Built In; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how successful businesses understand that transparent data practices build consumer trust and confidence. Now, more than ever, companies are creating a Chief…
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How to Implement an Actionable Data Ethics Framework

Data Collection, Data Maintenance, Personal Data, Privacy Policies

Author: John Story; Publisher: TechCrunch+; Publication Year: 2021. The following resource provides ideas on how to incorporate proper data ethics policies into everyday businesses. A key idea in this framework is what the author calls…
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LAPD Ended Predictive Policing Programs Amid Public Outcry. A New Effort Shares Many of Their Flaws

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Crime Information, Predictive Policing

Author: Johana Bhuiyan; Publisher: The Guardian; Publication Year: 2021. The following article describes how since the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), cities have been incorporating the use of AI to stop potential crimes. One strategy…
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