Data is Risky Business: Data Literacy is Not Just About Shiny Toys
In this column I want to talk about data literacy, and not because it is the “buzzword de jour.” By…
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Data is Risky Business: The Lure of the “Shiny”
I’ve been privileged over the past few months to have the chance to contribute to work being done by the…
Data is Risky Business: Group Think and the Man Behind the Curtain
There have been a couple of different things converged in my media feeds that highlight a key issue that all…
Data is Risky Business: The Ethics Revolution in Information
This past month, San Francisco’s City Council voted to ban the use of facial recognition technologies. Internationally, and perhaps a…
Data is Risky Business: Call for Compulsory Ethics
In our book, Ethical Data and Information Management, Katherine O’Keefe and I look at the relationship between the Ethic of Society, which today finds expression…
Data is Risky Business: An Unholy Trinity – Ethics, Risk, and Uncertainty
We have had a busy few months in Castlebridge, with the last few weeks being an intense period of engagement…
Data is Risky Business: Situational Modifiers and the Myth of “Data Governance Ethics”
In this column, I want to address two topics that have recently popped up that I believe are essential to…
Data is Risky Business: Ethics at the Core of a Data-Driven World
There is a famous Dilbert cartoon from a few years ago in which Dogbert provides Dilbert’s company with advice on…
Data is Risky Business: I’m a Doctor, Jim …
In Star Trek, DeForest Kelley use to exclaim “I’m a Doctor Jim, not an engineer” or something similar whenever Captain…
Data is Risky Business: Are We the Bad Guys?
My late grandfather liked westerns. He liked that the bad guy was always easy to spot. The bad guy was…