On November 1, 2024 the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Next10 cohosted a daylong conference on AI and sustainability.
Eighty-three Percent Believe AI Should be Government Regulated
A new report, Ethics in the Age of AI, outlines how Americans feel about artificial intelligence (AI) from an ethical standpoint. The Markkula Center and its Institute for Technology, Ethics, and Culture (ITEC) surveyed 3,000 Americans aged 18+ and found that they have concerns about the technology’s impact on the human race.
By José Roger Flahaux, Brian Patrick Green, and Ann Skeet
"Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap,” or, more briefly, the “ITEC Handbook,” offers organizations a strategic plan to enhance ethical management practices, empowering them to navigate the complex landscape of disruptive technologies such as AI, machine learning, encryption, tracking, and others while upholding strong ethical standards.
The benefits of AI are much touted; the environmental costs should be discussed just as much.
Why did the affordability crisis, misinformation, immigration chaos, and endless wars not split the Black women’s vote? Civic duty and protecting hard-won freedoms.
Undecided voters need to decide. They have an obligation to become informed and an ethical duty to vote as part of the rights they receive as citizens.
Throughout history, new technologies have disrupted society in different ways–some positively and some negatively–from steam-powered engines and electricity, to the Internet, and now again with artificial intelligence (AI); generative AI in particular in this instance. The creation of art, journalism, education, and the very truth itself have all been tested by the use of ChatGPT and other generative AIs. Markkula Center staff and scholars unpack some of the many related ethical dilemmas in this Ethics Spotlight.
The gun debate has again reached a fever pitch in the shadow of several horrific mass shootings. Ethics Center staff and faculty interrogate the moral and ethical issues associated with gun use and regulation.
While vaccines provide protection for individuals and communities against severe disease and death, this fight is far from over as we see infection rates climb, especially among children who cannot be vaccinated. Ethics Center staff and scholars analyze the critical questions in this Ethics Spotlight.
Melone Family receives Santa Clara University’s most distinguished fellowship for long standing contributions to ethics education.
SCU Ethics Bowl Squad Competed in the 2024 APPE Ethics Bowl California Regional Competition.
Former Health Care Ethics Intern, Bilal Arshadullah ’24, fills inaugural role in groundbreaking fellowship.
Technology executive and development and strategy expert, Jim Welsh, expands his role with the Ethics Center becoming the newest member to join the Center's advisory board.
“Voting for Ethics” is a non-partisan, how-to guide for U.S. voters. It will help you identify the hallmarks of an ethical candidate and make a more informed decision -- whether for your local school board or a national election.
This teaching module for business ethics, leadership and management courses includes two videos, homework assignments, and class discussion, all designed to spark conversation about ethical issues associated with whistleblowers and corporate governance.
Our Culture Self-Assessment Practice recommends approaches to evaluating culture for ethics within companies and other types of organizations. The materials are primarily for members of an organization’s leadership team, including human resources and legal, but designed to engage a cross-section of leaders from various disciplines.
Irina Raicu, director, Internet ethics, quoted by The Latin Times.
Irina Raicu, director, Internet ethics, quoted by Cybernews.
Director of the Internet Ethics, Program, Irina Raicu, quoted by TechNewsWorld.
Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, quoted by business.com.