Resources that discuss strategies or guidelines on how to approach issues.
Author: Trisha Sanghal, Coco Sun, and Sina Ghandian; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses findings regarding policies related to deaths caused by police departments. Is crime a predictor for violent force policies? Well, researchers found that violent crime does not explain restrictive policy. While policing is a complicated topic, this does point to inherent biases in the system which must be accounted…
Author: Ton Reijns, Richard Weurding, Jos Schaffers; Publisher: KPMG International; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how the European Commission and corresponding European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws have established a framework for ethical artificial intelligence (AI) usage, specifically within the insurance industry. The Dutch have adopted and mandated their own set of standards based off these…
Author: Todd Lohr, Tracy Gusher; Publisher: KPMG International; Publication Year: 2019. The following report contains policies and actions that can be implemented to operate an ethical artificial intelligence (AI). The 5 pillars are: 1). Prepare employees now, 2). Develop strong oversight and governance, 3). Align cybersecurity and ethical AI, 4). Mitigate bias, and 5). Increase transparency…
Author: Safiya Noble; Publisher: TIME Magazine; Publication Year: 2018. The following article talks about how Google’s search algorithm is biased against the Black woman. It shows and talks about the author’s own identity as a black woman and she talks about how a simple search of black woman would result in pornography of Black girls on Google where as in fact a similar search of say white woman does not yield such…
Author: Tim Sheehan; Publisher: GWI; Publication Year: N/A. The following article discusses how banks are starting to change the way they do business due to so much data being available. But the banking companies do not want to lose the trust of their customers. The article suggests for banks to share with their customers what data they have collected on them, allow for opt-in consent, only get what data they…
Author: Rachel Thomas; Publisher: fast.ai; Publication Year: 2021. The following article focuses on some of the ethical considerations not-for-profits need to consider before beginning a data science project. In addition to the general privacy and ethical considerations for profit companies need to consider, there are also issues of paternalism, power imbalance, and emphasizing flashy high tech solutions over proven low-…
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, guide organizations through different stages of the project and provide practical considerations. The 5 actions are: 1). Define the goal or benefit, 2). Use diverse teams to minimize bias (evaluators may be part-…
Author: N/A; Publisher: The Marketing Analytics Show; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how successful marketing is centered around building trust and relationships with consumers. In a world of cookie pop-ups and privacy invasions, consent and full transparency about data use are more relevant than ever. With the need to comply with legal policies, businesses often take a business-focused legal…
Author: N/A; Publisher: The MapScaping Podcast; Publication Year: 2020. The following podcast episode discusses how geospatial data can be powerful for driving business decisions and development but raises questions about location privacy and the ability to identify individuals using real-time data. Privacy issues are a major concern in the realm of data ethics as people are often unaware of how much a corporation or other…
Author: N/A; Publisher: Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; Publication Year: N/A. The following article talks about how the boards need to lead their businesses on the “right thing to do,” both in terms of the law, their regulatory responsibilities (i.e., treating customers fairly outcomes) and ethics. When shifting towards greater use of technology, banks, insurers, and investment managers need to be pragmatic about the value of…