Getting Started with Tech Ethics
by Gillian Arnold, Darren Dalcher, Catherine Flick, Neil Gordon, Bernd Carsten Stahl, Robert Tripp
5 SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Bernd Carsten Stahl
Having established the concepts of ethics within tech, and the individual and corporate perspectives, in this chapter we explore broader societal implications. This chapter is structured in four parts. First, we explore how ethics is rooted in social context, and how professional responsibility extends beyond individual actions. Second, we examine the societal impacts of IT – from economic disruption to political influence and the erosion of human agency. Third, we reflect on the relationship between ethics and law, using human rights as a shared compass while recognising that legal compliance isn’t always ethically sufficient. Finally, we consider how we, as professionals, can engage with these ...
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