Our Ethos
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HumanityWe respect humanity. Effective ethics tethers us to our humanity as technology and science blur the boundaries between human and machine and global risks spiral to inhuman scale.
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InnovationWe are a laboratory and platform for ethics innovation. Effective ethics happens along with, or prior to, the science and technology. It is a partner in progress not an impediment to innovation or a clean-up act for its unwanted consequences.
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CreativityWe seek ethical wisdom everywhere from the arts to astronomy. Effective ethics is creative and solution-oriented: a forward-looking catalyst for positive change and “first evers” not a backward-looking limitation.
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TruthWe seek and support truth. Effective ethics rigorously and relentlessly insists on verifiable truth and questions bias, subjectivity, and context.
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CommitmentWe are “all in.” Effective ethics requires commitment not compromise--even in the most challenging situations.
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RealityWe do real world ethics. Effective ethics has concrete impact on real people in real situations. It is not an abstract or theoretical matter.
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TransparencyWe share all our learning (whether revealing success or failure). Effective ethics requires transparency and exchange of ideas. It is a public good for shared benefit not a private possession.
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ChallengeWe humbly tackle today’s most challenging ethics topics. Effective ethics requires collaboration and cross-pollination. We invite you to join us… and to challenge us.
Dr. Susan Liautaud
Dr. Susan Liautaud is Founder of Susan Liautaud & Associates Limited, an advisory firm on ethics matters. She is the Author of The Power of Ethics and of The Little Book of Big Ethical Questions. Susan teaches cutting edge ethics courses at Stanford University. She serves as Chair of Council of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), as Vice Chair of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and Chair of the Advisory Council for the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. Susan has been appointed to the Stanford HAI (Stanford Institute for Human- Centered Artificial Intelligence) and to the SAP’s AI Ethics Advisory Panel. She also serves on a number of other boards, including Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Benevolent AI and others. She previously served as Chair and member of Doctors Without Borders US Advisory Board. Learn more about Susan’s work.
The Team
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Jaih Hunter-HillContent CuratorJaih holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University (2015).
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Anna Barberà i ArestéHead of CommunicationsAnna is alumna of the LSE, Sciences po Paris and the UAB of Barcelona.
We are grateful for the hard work and creativity of our research assistants. This website was created by Brian Johnsrud and Cody Leff.