Moral, ethical, social, economic and environmental implications of the interaction between humans and machines

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System Fundamentals[1]

Key Ideas ([2])

  • Social - relating to society or its organization.
  • Economic - pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities
  • Environmental - relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition


Key Idea Definition
Moral right and wrong
Ethical recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct (see ethics)
Social relating to society or its organization.
Economic pertaining to the production, distribution, and use of income, wealth, and commodities
Environmental relating to the natural world and the impact of human activity on its condition


Do I understand this?[edit]

  1. Please Click here for some questions for reflections. Please carefully read the questions listed under consequentialism, and answer the questions for each example listed below.

What is a software license[edit]

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Example 1[edit]

This is a simple example:

A small business wants to plan a new system. The new system is a computer kiosk inside the store which allows customers to sign up for a email newsletter. If a customer signs up for a newsletter inside the store, they will get a 10% discount on their first purchase at the store. The owner hopes this 10% discount will be an incentive for customers to sign up for the email newsletter. The business will then regularly email the customers special offers and savings. The business owner expects to benefit from this system by having increased sales. The customers expect to benefit from this system by having access to special offers, to save money, and to see what is new and trendy at their store.

  1. Who/what is affected by this issue?
  2. What are the possible benefits for those affected?
  3. What are the possible harms for those affected?
  4. Which option(s) will produce the most good and least harm?
  5. If one is harmed and another benefits, how do you decide who or what matters most?


Example 2[edit]

This is a complex example:

A school of 900 students wants to plan a new system. The school hopes the new system is a secure web-based application which manages attendance data. The school administrators want to carefully track attendance for the students so it can identify when students have been absent for a customizable threshold. For example, the school might set a threshold of 5 absences within 30 days, which then automatically notifies the student, parent, and teacher there is a problem with attendance. The threshold might be 3 times within 10 days, or something like that. The system should keep track of attendance and tardies. The system should have customizable attendance codes. For example, "abscence for school trip", "excused abscence", "medical abscence" are all allowed abscence codes.

School administrators expect to benefit by having data about attendance so they can support students and parents to be in school. School administrators also expect to benefit by giving parents and students information about attendance (so parents can support their children to be in school). Finally, school adinistrators expect to benefit by using attendance data to apply for government funding (as they can prove how many students were in class on a specific day).

Parents expect to benefit by knowing when their children are in school or miss school. This way parents can support their children to be in school. Being in school is a shared value that the school hopes the parents share.

Students expect to benefit by understanding how many days of school of they have missed. The school expects students to have a strong "ownership of learning" and manage their attendance.

  1. Who/what is affected by this issue?
  2. What are the possible benefits for those affected?
  3. What are the possible harms for those affected?
  4. Which option(s) will produce the most good and least harm?
  5. If one is harmed and another benefits, how do you decide who or what matters most?


Standards[edit]

  • Discuss the moral, ethical, social, economic and environmental implications of the interaction between humans and machines


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