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How To Make AI Ethics More Effective

The Horizons Tracker

However, critics often dismiss these promises as mere “ethics washing.” ” To investigate the veracity of these criticisms, researchers from Stanford University conducted interviews with AI ethics professionals employed by some of the leading companies in the field.

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Culture, Not Leverage, Made Wall Street Riskier

Harvard Business Review

Corporate incentives and culture may be even more important in explaining what changed on Wall Street in recent years, and by placing too much emphasis on quantitative ratios like leverage, we may be missing some other important parts of the problem. The result was an intense focus on risk, including risks related to ethical standards.

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People Think Companies Can’t Do Good and Make Money. Can Companies Prove Them Wrong?

Harvard Business Review

Even in one of the most market-oriented societies in human history, it appears very difficult to make most people appreciate that ethical and profitable business practices do not fundamentally conflict. But what this conclusion neglects entirely is the incentive value of profit. We describe these views as anti-profit beliefs.