Tag: Public Policy
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Op-Ed: The Role of Ethics in Data-Driven Policymaking
Data Generation, Data Misuse, Data Security, Decision-Making, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Personal Data, Policymakers, Public Policy, Racial Data, Stanford Prison Experiment, Tuskegee Syphilis Study, Vulnerable PopulationsAuthor: Jenna Shelton; Publisher: Brief Policy Perspectives; Publication Year: 2019. The following article is an opinion piece about the need for policymakers to use data ethically. The author points out that data can help inform…
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Social Data: Biases, Methodological Pitfalls, and Ethical Boundaries
Brands, Celebrities, Data Processing, Data Sources, Decision-Making, Economics, Ethical Considerations, Healthcare, Public Policy, Social Data, Social IssuesAuthor: Alexandra Olteanu, Carlos Castillo, Fernando Diaz, Emre Kiciman; Publisher: Frontiers; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how the promises of social data are many, including understanding “what the world thinks” about a social…