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On Creative Accounting: Two Creativity Myths

Harvard Business Review

Two myths about creativity underlie the squeamishness: First, that creativity is morally, ethically good. So, by definition, creativity is morally neutral. Societies must constantly strive to ensure that novel ideas in government, business, education, and every other realm are wedded to strong ethical values.

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Teaching an Algorithm to Understand Right and Wrong

Harvard Business Review

The rise of artificial intelligence is forcing us to take abstract ethical dilemmas much more seriously because we need to code in moral principles concretely. Cultural Norms vs. Moral Values. What makes one thing a moral value and another a cultural norm? What should you do? This is not, of course, a completely new problem.

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