Search results for ethical guidance

Social Sciences Aug 27, 2019

How a rural community hopes to retain spiritual life undermined by western ways

Around the world, the introduction of western ways of life has changed indigenous communities. This has often happened by decreasing or by limiting their access to the resources they need. It's been deliberate as well as ...

Other Jul 29, 2019

Predatory journals could damage the legitimacy of scientific publishing

Predatory journals pose a danger that could undermine the quality, integrity, and reliability of published scientific research, a new joint statement from three leading organizations, professional in medical writing and publication ...

Environment Jul 22, 2019

Researchers suggest new approach needed to address Anthropocene risk

A team of international researchers led by Colorado State University is calling for a new approach to understanding environmental risks in the Anthropocene, the current geological age in which humans are a dominant force ...

Economics & Business Jun 28, 2019

How to improve corporate social and environmental responsibility

Social and environmental responsibility in globalized supply chains are hard to police. That task often falls to nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, that publicize abuses and call out irresponsible corporations and industries.

Social Sciences May 17, 2019

Healthcare, social media and a web of moral issues

"Ethics asks what we owe to one another and how we should treat one another. The internet has changed the landscape in which we, as humans, relate, and ethicists need to keep pace," explains Assistant Professor of Philosophy ...

Security Apr 16, 2019

Farms create lots of data, but farmers don't control where it ends up and who can use it

Most of us are familiar with cases of data being used in ways that go beyond consumer expectations – just think of the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Machine learning & AI Apr 5, 2019

Artificial intelligence in Australia needs to get ethical, so we have a plan

The question of whether technology is good or bad depends on how it's developed and used. Nowhere is that more topical than in technolgies using artificial intelligence.

Internet Mar 28, 2019

How big tech designs its own rules of ethics to avoid scrutiny and accountability

Data ethics is now a cause célèbre.

Social Sciences Mar 11, 2019

New decadal survey for the social and behavioral sciences presents guidance to the intelligence community

The social and behavioral sciences (SBS) offer an essential contribution to the mission of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), a mission that requires an understanding of what human beings do, how, and why, says a new report ...

Other Feb 11, 2019

Experts call for national research integrity advisory board

It's been proposed before, but so far no one has heeded the call for an official advisory board to support ethical behavior in research institutions. Today, leaders in academia with expertise in the professional and ethical ...

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