We probably need two types of digital ethics committees – one strategic, one operational. But the most overlooked skill is facilitation.
Ethics and Facilitation
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From the Blog on Humanitarian Ethics Committee
Waiting for permission
Often ‘waiting for permission’ is just an excuse. A delay tactic. A form of hiding. It’s often a statement of fear.
Lists, Dance Partners, and Data
Lists were my Mom’s helpers. Ethics Review Boards can be that too if we embrace them and view them as something contributing to making our project better.
The Next Right Thing
Often the next right thing is not clear and we need help in seeing where to step next. It could be forward, sideways, backwards, or even waiting.
Questions for Digital Ethics
There are many ways to describe something – sometimes we can simply describe questions that it raises. Here are questions for a digital ethics committee
Introducing Moose & Collective Wisdom
Humanitarians are making mistakes and causing unintentional harms. Many of these ‘harms’ could be avoided if we’d pause and seek collective wisdom.
The Deletion Problem
We forget to or justify not deleting data. We need independent bodies with teeth to help us avoid making charcoal, when we were going for succulence.
Left Behind
We don’t want to be the one left behind, so we want to experiment and try new technology because we think everyone else is.
Ethics, Improving, Innovating, & Experimenting
We must learn to improve the lives of the vulnerable. However, we need a people centric approach to technology, not a technology centric approach to people.