Category: Code of Ethics

How Health Systems Implement Ethical Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Intelligence, Decision-Making, Health Disparities, World Health Organization

Author: Erin McNemar; Publisher: Health IT Analytics; Publication Year: 2021. The following article talks about the implementation of ethical artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The World Health Organization (WHO) has come up with 6 principles…
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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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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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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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The Ethics of the AI Song Contest

Artificial Intelligence, Credit and Attribution, Music

Author: Ed Newton-Rex, Hendrik Vincent Koops; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses the ethical considerations behind using artificial intelligence (AI) to help create music. The author served as a judge for a…
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What Scientists Have Learnt from COVID Lockdowns

Cost-Benefit Analysis, COVID-19, Lockdown Impact

Author: Dyani Lewis; Publisher: Nature; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how data can be used to compare countries’ performances in the COVID-19 lockdown. There was a controversial article that boldly claimed that lockdowns…
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Healthcare Researchers Must Be Wary of Misusing AI

Algorithms, Clinical Research, Decision-Making, Machine Learning

Author: Duke-NUS Medical School; Publisher: Science Daily; Publication Year: 2022. The following article advises that strong care needs to be taken not to misuse or overuse machine learning in healthcare research. An international team of…
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The Ethics of Big Data

Big Data, Google

Author: Dominique Daly; Publisher: Hurree; Publication Year: 2023. The following article discusses how in the era of big data, we are all being followed online. Google records 3.5 billion searches per day. How to deal…
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Amazon Schooled on AI Facial Technology By Turing Award Winner

Amazon, Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition Systems, IBM, Microsoft, Police Activity

Author: Dina Bass; Publisher: Bloomberg; Publication Year: 2019. The following article details 26 artificial intelligence (AI) researchers calling for Amazon to stop selling their AI facial recognition software to police departments. The group joined together…
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