Ethics are timeless 鈥� with new challenges always just around the corner. The importance of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics鈥� framework for ethical decision making couldn鈥檛 be more critical.
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On November 1, 2024 the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and cohosted a daylong conference on AI and sustainability.
By Jos茅 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.
Technologies can change the medium by which people experience personal leadership, but they shouldn鈥檛 be allowed to erase the personal connections so important to the human race.
Governments must ensure that representative democracy is preserved through the responsible use of AI by the citizens鈥� representatives.
By prioritizing empathy, mutual respect, and ethical behavior, we can build virtual communities that reflect the best of humanity and honor everyone's dignity.
Throughout history, new technologies have disrupted society in different ways鈥搒ome positively and some negatively鈥揻rom 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.
The world has been experiencing worsening wildfire conditions for decades, and in California the situation is particularly bad. The Ethics Center staff and other scholars address some of the key ethical issues surrounding these disasters.
The 2024-25 Environmental Ethics Fellows are focusing on the ethical dimensions of the 2023 levee failure in Pajaro, California.
During this thought-provoking event participants identified key themes including the transformative potential of AI, its risks and pitfalls, and the critical question of who sets the rules that will determine its impact on humanity.
William 鈥淏ill鈥� O鈥橬eill, S.J., Ph.D. joins the Ethics Center as Director of Immigration Ethics.
Huh, Chief Investment Officer at M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, brings financial and venture capital expertise to the Ethics Center in advisory roles.
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鈥檚 leadership team, including human resources and legal, but designed to engage a cross-section of leaders from various disciplines.
John Pelissero, director, government ethics, quoted by NBC Bay Area.
The Institute for Technology, Ethics, and Culture, featured by Stacker, and republished by The Good Men Project.
John Pelissero, director, government ethics, quoted by The San Francisco Chronicle.
Ann Skeet, senior director, leadership ethics, quoted by the Associated Press.