Category: Communities of Practice

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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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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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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Is It Time for a Data Scientist Code of Ethics?

Artificial Intelligence, DeepNude, Greater Good, Non-Maleficence, Notability, Regulations, Rules, Statutory

Author: Jesse Freeman; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) interfaces are progressing faster than society has been able to create rules to monitor them. This article outlines the…
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What Ethical Approaches are Used by Scientists When Sharing Health Data? An Interview Study

Consequentialism, Data Collection, Data Usage, Deontological Approach, Human Health Research, Procedural Compliance

Author: Jennifer Johansson; Publisher: BMC Medical Ethics; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how as data analytics transforms human health research, Johansson seeks out prominent researchers to gain insights into how they uphold ethical…
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Data Science Education Lacks a Much-Needed Focus on Ethics

Curriculum, Training

Author: Jeffrey C. Oliver, Torbet McNeil; Publisher: The Conversation; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how undergrad training in data science was found to be subpar in training students in the proper use of…
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10 Things Judges Should Know About AI

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Duke University, Judicial System, Racial Injustice

Author: Jeff Ward; Publisher: Judicature; Publication Year: 2019. The following article features Professor Jeff Ward of Duke University who discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is being used in courtrooms. Current AI tools are effective in…
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