Digital ethics

Introduction from the authors

Understanding digital ethics

• Digital ethics in context
• Ethics by design
• Ethics of use
• Societal ethics

Ethical principles and core values

• Emerging principles and common values
• Ethical framework for Smart Information Systems
• Ethics and data protection in Artificial Intelligence
• Place-based ethical challenge

Ethical leadership

• Public standards and ethical practice
• Governance and values
• Professional ethics
• Ethical decision making
• Responsible use and design

Attributes of ethical practice

• Non-maleficence: do no harm
• Beneficence: do good
• Autonomy: preserve human agency
• Justice: be fair
• Explicability: Operate transparently

Standards, guidance and tools

• Emerging technical standards
• Emerging guidance
• Emerging tools
• Glossary