TY - JOUR
T1 - Constructing a mutually supportive interface between ethics and regulation
AU - Delacroix, Sylvie
AU - Wagner, Ben
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - When the word 'ethical' becomes synonymous with specious, you know that something is amiss. With each data governance scandal, with each creation of a corporate 'ethics board', 'ethical standards' seemingly lose a few more feathers, to the point of generating instant suspicion when invoked in any official report. We argue that a key challenge in this regard is to more precisely define the ethics-regulation interface. In order to do this, we first provide an overview of recent endeavours to develop ethical frameworks around technology. We then look at a successful process of refinement of the ethics-regulation interface: the case of healthcare ethics in the UK. The third section develops an account of what a more robust ethics-regulation interface could look like, which would support a process of cross-fertilisation between the political, ethical and legal approaches. Finally, the fourth and last section critically examines a ‘live’ implementation of such ethics-regulation interface, as put forward in Quebec's ‘Bill 29′.
AB - When the word 'ethical' becomes synonymous with specious, you know that something is amiss. With each data governance scandal, with each creation of a corporate 'ethics board', 'ethical standards' seemingly lose a few more feathers, to the point of generating instant suspicion when invoked in any official report. We argue that a key challenge in this regard is to more precisely define the ethics-regulation interface. In order to do this, we first provide an overview of recent endeavours to develop ethical frameworks around technology. We then look at a successful process of refinement of the ethics-regulation interface: the case of healthcare ethics in the UK. The third section develops an account of what a more robust ethics-regulation interface could look like, which would support a process of cross-fertilisation between the political, ethical and legal approaches. Finally, the fourth and last section critically examines a ‘live’ implementation of such ethics-regulation interface, as put forward in Quebec's ‘Bill 29′.
KW - Healthcare ethics
KW - Regulation and governance
KW - Technology ethics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099780525&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.clsr.2020.105520
DO - 10.1016/j.clsr.2020.105520
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85099780525
VL - 40
JO - Computer Law and Security Review
JF - Computer Law and Security Review
SN - 0267-3649
M1 - 105520
ER -