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 BI Ethics

This resource site concentrates on the ethics of Information Technology (IT) and especially in Business Intelligence (BI). If there are resources related to BI Ethics that are not listed above, please email the information about these resources to me.

A one-hour presentation on BI Ethics is available here. An article on this topic is available at DM Review and also as a PDF file (91KB).

Richard Hackathorn
richardh@bolder.com

Professional Code of Ethics

bulletAssociation of Computing Machinery (ACM) Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. One of the more comprehensive statements. more
bulletAssociation of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) Code of Ethical Business Practice. more
bulletAssociation of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) Code of Ethics more
bulletAmerican Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Professional Guidelines more
bulletAmerican Marketing Association (AMA), Code of Ethics more
bulletAmerican Library Association (ALA), Code of Ethics more
bulletData Management Association International (DAMA) Code of Ethics more
bulletInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Code of Ethics more
bulletInformation Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Code of Professional Ethics more
bulletSociety of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) Code of Ethics more

Ethics Literature

bulletRichard O. Mason, Four Ethical Issues of the Information Age, Management Information Systems Quarterly, Volume 10, Number 1, March, 1986. article
bulletMeredith, R., & Arnott, D. On Ethics and Decision Support Systems Development". Paper accepted for presentation to the 7th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, July 10-13, 2003, Adelaide, Australia. article
bulletEthics and Information Technology Journal. The only journal to report exclusively on the social and ethical dimensions of emerging information technology. home

Nonprofit Ethics Groups

bulletComputer Ethics Institute at the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C., is an advanced forum and resource for identifying, assessing and responding to ethical issues associated with the advancement of information technologies in society.
bulletBusiness for Social Responsibility (BSR) is a nonprofit organization that contributes to global efforts to advance the field of corporate social responsibility.
bulletCyberEthics is a website sponsored by the College of Business and Industry at Mississippi State University and maintained by David Vance.
bulletSt James Ethics Centre is the main ethics think-tank in Australia.
bulletJosephson Institute of Ethics is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1987 by Michael Josephson to improve the ethical quality of society by advocating principled reasoning and ethical decision making.
bulletCentre for Computing and Social Responsibility focuses on "the social and ethical impacts of information and communication technologies through research, consultancy and education."
bulletElectronic Frontier Foundation is "non-profit group of passionate people — lawyers, volunteers, and visionaries — working to protect your digital rights."
bulletCenter for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and constitutional liberties in the digital age.

Share Your Ethical Situations

If you are aware of ethical situations that would offer insights to others, please share your story. Email a short paragraph that anonymously describes the situation to...   ethics@bolder.com

 

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