Well-being and Ethically Aligned Design: Defining and Implementing New Metrics of Success for Engineering and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility).
While avoidance of harm is critical for engineering and systems design, the recent focus on risk classification regarding Artificial Intelligence from the European Union has the policy and corporate worlds primarily focused on what shouldn’t happen for society, versus what needs to happen to create our most purpose-driven, positive future.
Join Bogdana Rakova, Sarah Spiekermann, Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan, Deborah Hagar and moderator John C. Havens as they explore the pragmatic aspects of design and systems engineering that directly incorporate metrics of success for society beyond risk alone. Where Corporate Social Responsibility can utilize tools like the UN Sustainable Development Goals or updated ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) reporting focused on sustainability, human wellbeing and environmental flourishing will be prioritized above fiscal prosperity in isolation. This new mandate for CSR and engineering means Ethically Aligned Design becomes a methodology versus a morality in designing all technology for a flourishing future.
Panelists
Bogdana Rakova, Data Scientist, Responsible AI, Accenture
Univ. Prof. Dr. Sarah Spiekermann, Chair of the WU Institute for IS & Society
at Vienna University of Economics and Business, IEEE 7000 Vice-chair 2016-2021
Prof. Melodena Stephens, Professor of Innovation Management, Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai, UAE
Deborah Hagar, MBA, President – The Foundation for Sustainable Communities, Sr. Adjunct Professor – University of LaVerne
Moderator
John Havens, IEEE Global Initiative on AI Ethics