Open consultation: new paper on ethics in higher education
International network of teachers and institutions, Globethics.net, has launched a consultation inviting comments and contributions on the paper ‘Ethics in Higher Education as a Key Driver to Recovery in the Higher Education Sector in a World Living with COVID-19’.
Register for ethical tech governance discussion on 23 March
Three EU-funded projects on professional ethics – SIENNA, SHERPA and PANELFIT – will discuss their findings and policy options for ethical governance of disruptive technologies at the Panel for Future Sciences and Technologies held on 23 March.
IFIP publishes Code of Ethics
The International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) has published their Code of Ethics which will also be brought out as a book later this year. The Code outlines principles that IT professionals should aspire to.
Commission Vice-President proposes ethical guidelines for social media algorithms
Vera Jourova, the European Commission Vice-President for Values and Transparency, spoke out against disinformation on social media. She suggested new ethical guidelines for developing algorithms.
ITPE’s Professional Ethics Expert Group Meeting held on 9 December
ITPE’s Professional Ethics Expert Group Meeting was held virtually on 9 December. Discussions centered on the various definitions of ethics and how best to go from theory to practice and that this may vary from country to country.
Have your say: CEN survey on ICT professional ethics framework
EU ICT Ethics working group aims to develop a CEN Technical Specification which will provide the foundation for defining practical guidelines (Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics).
Dansk IT conference on AI and Data Ethics to take place on 20-21 October
On 21 – 22 October 2020, the think-tank DataEthics.eu and Dansk IT will co-host a hybrid conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Ethics.
Cyprus Computer Society joins the Diversity Chapter Cyprus
The Cyprus Computer Society is proud to announce its participation at the Diversity Chapter Cyprus (DCC). DCC aims to promote social inclusion and ensure equal opportunities for all employees by fostering diversity thinking and implementation of inclusive practices in the workplace.
Analysis calls for practical approach to regulate ethical aspects of AI
AlgorithmWatch, a Berlin-based NGO, analysed over 160 existing ethics in AI guidelines. Only ten of them included concrete proposals for enforcing the ethical behaviour.
Global Knowledge and ITPE to hold tech talk on AI ethics
Global Knowledge and ITPE have set up a “tech talk” between two leading experts on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence on 21 April at 17:00 CEST.
