Toward an ethics of digital government: a first discussion

ROB DOMANSKI; ELSA ESTEVEZ; EVGENY STYRIN; MARK ALFANO; TERESA HARRISON

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Conferencia; dg.o '18 - 9th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Data Age; 2018

Technical University of Delft

In this panel, scholars discuss involving data, computational analysis, and information technology that has the potential to present ethical quandaries in the course of decision making related to digital government. More specifically, the presentations focus on algorithm-based decision making, personally identifiable information, and the manipulation of public opinion in social media channels. Discussion following the presentations will focus on how ethical guidelines should be formulated or what their specific content should be.