Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
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Ethical Principles
Author: N/A; Publisher: U.K. Statistics Authority; Publication Year: 2020. The following visual provides a resource that outlines data ethics into 6 different categories. These categories are public good, data security, methods, legal compliance, public views/engagement,…
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Data Scientists and the Ethics of Power, Part I
Author: Travis Greene; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. In the following article, Travis Greene discusses the idea of data scientists becoming activist data scientists. Loosely basing the idea on a concept called “activist engineering” which…
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Cautionary Tales – Florence Nightingale and her Geeks Declare War on Death
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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How To Move From Data Privacy To Data Ethics
Author: Thomas Walle; Publisher: Fobers; Publication Year: 2020. The following article is particularly insightful as it shows the difference between data privacy and data ethics, even though folks have a tendency to use the terms…
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Meet The ‘Ultrasonic’ Tracking Company Privacy Activists Are Terrified Of
Author: Thomas Brewster; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2015. The following article discusses how for over a year, SilverPush, an Indian firm, was secretly using inaudible sounds that would play through people’s televisions and get picked…
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Data Ethics Framework
Author: N/A; Publisher: The United Kingdom’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport; Publication Year: 2020. The following framework is based on 3 principles: transparency, accountability, and fairness. These principles, supported by 5 specific actions,…