Year: 2018
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: A strange confusion among technology policy makers can be witnessed at present.While almost all are able to agree on the common chorus of voices chanting 'something must be done,' it is very difficult to identify what exactly must be done and how.In this confused environment it is perhaps unsurprising that the idea of 'ethics' is presented as a concrete policy option.Striving for ethics and ethical decision-making, it is argued, will make technologies better.While this may be true in many cases, much of the debate about ethics seems to provide an easy alternative to government regulation.Unable or unwilling to properly provide regulatory solutions, ethics is seen as the 'easy' or 'soft' option which can help structure and give meaning to existing self-regulatory initiatives.In this world, 'ethics' is the new 'industry self-regulation.'
Author: Ben Wagner
Institution: Vienna University of Economics and Business
Language: English
Subfield: Public Administration
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2948572934