Being a data professional : give voice to value in a data driven society

Gotterbarn, D; Kreps, DGP

Abstract

Data Analytics needs to have ethical standards. There are numerous examples of why this is so, and the paper cites four particularly egregious ones. The paper offers both reasons why such standards are currently missing or inadequate, and how they might best be introduced, or refined. Some Codes of Ethics, such as the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, the ACM and IFIP Codes of Ethics, and the Web Analyst’s Code of Ethics are discussed, compared, and contrasted. The paper offers a comparative study, to help inform the process of the drawing up of guidelines where it is best undertaken, within the profession itself.

Citation

Gotterbarn, D., & Kreps, D. (2021). Being a data professional : give voice to value in a data driven society. AI and Ethics, 1(2), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-020-00027-y

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 2, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Nov 18, 2020
• Publication Date: May 1, 2021
• Deposit Date: Nov 19, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 18, 2021
• Journal: AI and Ethics
• Publisher: Springer
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 195-203
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-020-00027-y
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43681-020-00027-y
• Related Public URLs: https://www.springer.com/journal/43681
• Additional Information: Access Information : This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in AI and Ethics. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s43681-020-00027-y