Enabler: Generation and processing of large amounts of data
People analytics: between increasing efficiency and monitoring in the workplace
People analytics promises evidence-based personnel decisions in companies. However, the analysis of large amounts of data about employees, for example using artificial intelligence, also raises ethical questions.
Legal tech – automation of legal activities
Legal tech enables the automation of legal activities through the use of software. The article shows how legal tech makes traditional legal activities more efficient and creates new fields of activity.
Digital afterlife – an ethical consideration of the digital afterlife industry
The digital afterlife industry offers avatars for a digital afterlife. The simulation of the deceased raises ethical questions with regard to mourning and remembering in data-economic contexts.
The importance of data trustees for data portability and data sovereignty
Data trustees can combine data utilisation with data protection and informational self-determination. The conditions for their role as intermediaries and protectors of fundamental rights deserve consideration.
Digitalisation in the field of palliative care to support multi-professional collaboration
Knowledge-based digital innovations in the field of palliative care and comparable working environments can strengthen multi-professional communication and collaboration and thus continuous patient care.
ESG data value chain
Financial institutions require ESG information for sustainable products. Specialised service providers offer extensive data sets for this purpose, including from sustainability reports published by companies.
Ethics in software development (Ethical Engineering)
The digital world is not predetermined – software developers have a moral responsibility in designing it. Ethical engineering brings this into focus.
Data protection risks in the metaverse – new challenges for privacy
The promise of the metaverse is great, but it also raises data protection issues. The article highlights current developments and encourages reflection on virtual worlds and data protection.
Dark social – digital communication without publicity?
Dark social media are communication services that cannot be viewed by third parties. They enable private and pseudonymous interactions that can take on public dimensions and change our social discourse.
Automated journalism – the economic impact of algorithmic journalism
Automatisierter Journalismus bezeichnet das Verfassen von Beiträgen durch Algorithmen. Gleichwohl dieses Verfahren schnell und kostengünstig ist, wird es am Markt nur partiell eingesetzt. Hintergrund ist, dass Algorithmen…