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As AI systems increasingly permeate everyday life, designers and developers face mounting pressure to balance innovation with ethical design choices. To date, the operationalisation of AI ethics has predominantly depended on frameworks that…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Benjamin J. Carroll , Jianlong Zhou , Paul F. Burke , Sabine Ammon

As AI systems become increasingly embedded in organizational workflows and consumer applications, ethical principles such as fairness, transparency, and robustness have been widely endorsed in policy and industry guidelines. However, there…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Stefan Pasch , Min Chul Cha

As mobile applications become increasingly integral to our daily lives, concerns about ethics have grown drastically. Users share their experiences, report bugs, and request new features in application reviews, often highlighting safety,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-07-22 Aakash Sorathiya , Gouri Ginde

Employees are often required to use Enterprise Security Software ("ESS") on corporate and personal devices. ESS products collect users' activity data including users' location, applications used, and websites visited - operating from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Jonah Stegman , Patrick J. Trottier , Caroline Hillier , Hassan Khan , Mohammad Mannan

Nowadays, privacy has become a very serious issue with smart and mobile platforms. Users tend to allow intrusive apps access much sensible information without really knowing the potential threats. To solve this issue several solutions (e.g.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Alan Ferrari , Silvia Giordano

Building and implementing ethical AI systems that benefit the whole society is cost-intensive and a multi-faceted task fraught with potential problems. While computer science focuses mostly on the technical questions to mitigate social…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-03-02 Kimon Kieslich , Marco Lünich , Pero Došenović

Background. As digital technologies increasingly shape social domains such as healthcare, public safety, entertainment, and education, software engineering has engaged with ethical and political concerns primarily through the notion of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Lucas Valenca , Ronnie de Souza Santos

Privacy and ethics of citizens are at the core of the concerns raised by our increasingly digital society. Profiling users is standard practice for software applications triggering the need for users, also enforced by laws, to properly…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-04 Davide Di Ruscio , Paola Inverardi , Patrizio Migliarini , Phuong T. Nguyen

Internet measurement research is essential for understanding, improving, and securing Internet infrastructure. However, its methods often involve large-scale data collection and user observation, raising complex ethical questions. While…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Sahibzada Farhan Amin , Sana Athar , Anja Feldmann , Ha Dao , Mannat Kaur

In our data-centric world, most services rely on collecting and using personal data. The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) aims to enhance individuals' control over their data, but its practical impact is not well understood.…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2022-03-11 Alex Bowyer , Jack Holt , Josephine Go Jefferies , Rob Wilson , David Kirk , Jan David Smeddinck

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

The increasingly widespread use of 'smart' devices has raised multifarious ethical concerns regarding their use in domestic spaces. Previous work examining such ethical dimensions has typically either involved empirical studies of concerns…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-05-04 William Seymour , Reuben Binns , Petr Slovak , Max Van Kleek , Nigel Shadbolt

Recent studies reveal widespread concern and increasing lack of understanding about how personal data is collected, shared, and used online without consent. This issue is compounded by limited options available for digital citizens to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Niels J. Gommesen

The damage caused by cybercrime makes the development of secure software inevitable. Although many tools and frameworks exist to support the development of secure software, statistics on cybercrime show no improvement in recent years. To…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Alex R. Mattukat , Timo Langstrof , Horst Lichter

Context:Today, ethical issues surrounding AI systems are increasingly prevalent, highlighting the critical need to integrate AI ethics into system design to prevent societal harm. Raising awareness and fostering a deep understanding of AI…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-05 Aastha Pant , Rashina Hoda , Paul McIntosh

Ethical questions are discussed regularly in computer security. Still, researchers in computer security lack clear guidance on how to make, document, and assess ethical decisions in research when what is morally right or acceptable is not…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Harshini Sri Ramulu , Helen Schmitt , Bogdan Rerich , Rachel Gonzalez Rodriguez , Tadayoshi Kohno , Yasemin Acar

Many researchers have been concerned with whether social media has a negative impact on the well-being of their audience. With the popularity of social networking sites (SNS) steadily increasing, psychological and social sciences have shown…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-04-08 Thomas Mildner , Gian-Luca Savino

The pervasive use of information and communication technology (ICT) in modern societies enables countless opportunities for individuals, institutions, businesses and scientists, but also raises difficult ethical and social problems. In…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-06-11 Jeroen van den Hoven , Dirk Helbing , Dino Pedreschi , Josep Domingo-Ferrer , Fosca Gianotti , Markus Christen

This paper aims to shed light on the ethical problems of creating and deploying computer vision tech, particularly in using publicly available datasets. Due to the rapid growth of machine learning and artificial intelligence, computer…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Ghalib Ahmed Tahir

As testified by new regulations like the European AI act, the worries about the societal impact of (autonomous) software technologies are becoming of public concern. Social and human values, besides the traditional software behaviour and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Martina De Sanctis , Paola Inverardi , Patrizio Pelliccione