Module: Ethics & Policy

Ethical considerations and policy implications.

Learning Outcomes

Understand how data science could affect society

You understand

what are the ethical, societal, and policy issues associated with the use of data science especially with big data
what are the privacy issues
what are the bias
how to use data science responsibly

Readings

WMD Ch.0

Weapons of Math Destruction: Introduction

pdf

WMD Ch.1

Weapons of Math Destruction: Chapter 1

pdf

Recent Critiques of Big Data

Small Bibliography

list of links

Readings for Ethics & Policy

Chapter 1

links

Dr. Winter's slides

slides

pdf