December 10, 2020
Kay Firth-Butterfield, head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, World Economic Forum. courtesy World Economic Forum/Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary
SAN FRANCISCO The World Economic Forum on Thursday launched a new report that outlines how organizational leaders can influence their companies and encourage the responsible use of technology and build ethical capacity.
“Ethics by Design” An Organizational Approach to Responsible Use of Technology integrates psychology and behavioral economics findings from interviews and surveys with international business leaders. It aims to shape decisions to prompt better and more ethical behaviors.
The report promotes an approach that focuses less on individual “bad apples” and more on the “barrel”, the environments that can lead people to engage in behaviors contrary to their moral compass. The report outlines steps and makes recommendations that have proven more effective than conven