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A computational ethics framework is essential for AI and autonomous systems operating in complex, real-world environments. Existing approaches often lack the adaptability needed to integrate ethical principles into dynamic and ambiguous…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Nijesh Upreti , Jessica Ciupa , Vaishak Belle

Recent advances in AI applications have raised growing concerns about the need for ethical guidelines and regulations to mitigate the risks posed by these technologies. In this paper, we present a mixed-methods survey study - combining…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Wilder Baldwin , Sepideh Ghanavati , Manuel Woersdoerfer

We examine implemented systems for ethical machine reasoning with a view to identifying the practical challenges (as opposed to philosophical challenges) posed by the area. We identify a need for complex ethical machine reasoning not only…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-01-08 Louise Dennis , Michael Fisher

Under certain circumstances, humans tend to behave in irrational ways, leading to situations in which they make undesirable choices. The concept of digital nudging addresses these limitations of bounded rationality by establishing a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-03-12 Christian Meske , Ireti Amojo

Ethics is an ancient matter for human kind, from the origin of civilizations ethics have been related with the most relevant human concerns and determined cultures. Ethics was initially related to religion, politics and philosophy to then…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-05-12 David Pastor-Escuredo

Using LLMs in healthcare, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and Social Computing requires the examination of ethical and social norms to ensure safe incorporation into human life. We conducted a mixed-method study, including an online…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Omid Veisi , Sasan Bahrami , Roman Englert , Claudia Müller

As emerging technologies continue to shape society, there is a growing emphasis on the need to engage with design ethics as it unfolds in practice to better capture the complexities of ethical considerations embedded in day-to-day work.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Gizem Öz , Christian Dindler , Sharon Lindberg

With language technology increasingly affecting individuals' lives, many recent works have investigated the ethical aspects of NLP. Among other topics, researchers focused on the notion of morality, investigating, for example, which moral…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Karina Vida , Judith Simon , Anne Lauscher

With humans increasingly serving as computational elements in distributed information processing systems and in consideration of the profit-driven motives and potential inequities that might accompany the emerging thinking economy[1], we…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-11-24 Libuše Hannah Vepřek , Patricia Seymour , Pietro Michelucci

Artificial intelligence (AI) ethics has gained significant momentum, evidenced by the growing body of published literature, policy guidelines, and public discourse. However, the practical implementation and adoption of AI ethics principles…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-03 Sarah Hladikova , Yuling Wang , Andreia Martinho

The present study explored managerial and instructor perceptions of their freshly employed cybersecurity workers' or students' preparedness to work effectively in a changing cybersecurity environment that includes AI tools. Specifically, we…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Sorin Adam Matei , Elisa Bertino

The growing need for accountability of the people behind AI systems can be addressed by leveraging processes in three fields of study: ethics, law, and computer science. While these fields are often considered in isolation, they rely on…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Giada Pistilli , Carlos Munoz Ferrandis , Yacine Jernite , Margaret Mitchell

Making conjectures about future consequences of a technology is an exercise in trying to reduce various forms of uncertainty. Both to produce and reason about these conjectures requires understanding their potential limitations. In other…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Priyanka Nanayakkara , Nicholas Diakopoulos , Jessica Hullman

Within the current AI ethics discourse, there is a gap in empirical research on understanding how AI practitioners understand ethics and socially organize to operationalize ethical concerns, particularly in the context of AI start-ups. This…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Mona Sloane , Janina Zakrzewski

Software systems play an ever more important role in our lives and software engineers and their companies find themselves in a position where they are held responsible for ethical issues that may arise. In this paper, we try to disentangle…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Jan Gogoll , Niina Zuber , Severin Kacianka , Timo Greger , Alexander Pretschner , Julian Nida-Rümelin

Although artificial intelligence (AI) is solving real-world challenges and transforming industries, there are serious concerns about its ability to behave and make decisions in a responsible way. Many AI ethics principles and guidelines for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-07-22 Qinghua Lu , Liming Zhu , Xiwei Xu , Jon Whittle , David Douglas , Conrad Sanderson

Contemporary discussions in AI ethics often treat culture as a source of normative divergence that needs to be accommodated, tolerated, or managed due to its resistance to universal standards. This paper offers an alternative vision through…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Ammar Younas

With a view towards understanding why undesirable outcomes often arise in ICT projects, we draw attention to three aspects in this essay. First, we present several examples to show that incorporating an ethical framework in the design of an…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-07-17 Aaditeshwar Seth

In this article we focus on the structural aspects of the development of ethical software, and argue that ethical considerations need to be embedded into the (agile) software development process. In fact, we claim that agile processes of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-07-16 Niina Zuber , Severin Kacianka , Jan Gogoll , Alexander Pretschner , Julian Nida-Rümelin

For organizations to survive and flourish in the long term, innovation and novelty must be continually introduced, which is particularly true in today's rapidly changing world. This raises a variety of ethical and sustainability…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Maria Fay , Frederik F. Flöther