Category: Code of Ethics

What You Need to Know About AI Ethics

Accountability, Artificial Intelligence, Data Handling, Design Choices, Explainability, Fairness, Human Oversight, Safety, Security, System Capabilities, Transparency

Author: John Edwards; Publisher: Information Week; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more popular as tech continues to grow, but with that, the number and intensity of concerns…
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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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Fighting Bias in AI Starts with the Data

AI Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Data Accuracy, Responsible AI

Author: Joe McKendrick; Publisher: ZDNet; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the importance of data accuracy when building non-biased artificial intelligence (AI) models. At the heart of AI models is data, and so it…
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Would You Trust Your Business with Your Data?

ADMA, Customer Data, Data Collection

Author: Jodie Sangster; Publisher: Smarter Business; Publication Year: 2017. The following interview sheds light on how the laws around data ethics vary by the region. The CEO of ADMA goes on to share how using…
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Ethical by Design: Ethics Best Practices for Natural Language Processing

Ethical by Design, Natural Language Processing Technology, Transparency, User Values, User-Centric, Visibility

Author: Jochen L. Leidner, Vassilis Plachouras; Publisher: ACL Anthology; Publication Year: 2017. The following article features Jochen L. Leidner and Vassilis Plachouras who are Data Scientists at Thomson Reuters, Research & Development located in the…
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Doing The Right Thing With Data: Start Exploring Data Ethics Now

Accountability, Awareness, Compliance, Digital Literacy, Transparency

Author: Jochem Dogger; Publisher: Capgemini; Publication Year: 2020. The following article makes a point that often unethical use of data results from a lack of digital literacy or little awareness of the implications of digital…
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Mining Social Media Data: How are Research Sponsors and Researchers Addressing the Ethical Challenges?

Cambridge Analytica Scandal, Data Collection, Data Mining, Personal Data, Social Media, Transparency, Trump

Author: Joanna Taylor, Claudia Pagliari; Publisher: SAGE Journals; Publication Year: 2017. The following article explores the ways data is being mined on social media platforms. Data representing people’s behavior, attitudes, feelings, and relationships are being…
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Fighting the Gender Stereotypes That Warp Biomedical Research

Biomedical Research, Gender, Gender Stereotypes, Medical Research, Stereotypes

Author: JoAnna Klein; Publisher: The New York Times; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how the stereotypes and bias in medical research (and more generally) resulted in mainly male animals being used in biomedical…
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Enhancing Data Science Ethics Through Statistical Education and Practice

Ethical Conduct, Ethical Practice

Author: Jessica Utts; Publisher: International Statistical Review; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses what statisticians can do to promote ethical practices and what educators can do to instill ethical conduct in data science. The…
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