Developing an ethical approach to data collection, storage, usage, and security is essential to an organization’s successful use of its information assets. This webinar provides attendees with an overview of the foundations of data ethics and the ethical treatment of data, including an approach for creating an ethical data culture, the benefits of managing data according to ethical principles, and insights into some challenges with using data ethically. 

While data ethics can‘t be put into practice overnight, it is important to start the learning process. Building teams with a knowledge of data ethics, establishing ethical practices, and changing organizational culture are essential in the 21st century as data proliferates. Organizations of every size risk losing their customers’ trust and destroying value if they do not learn about the concepts and practices of data ethics and how to apply them effectively.

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D., CDMP, FIDM, author of several articles on data ethics will present these important concepts and best practices – and take questions from the attendees.   
Major areas covered include concepts and best practices in managing data ethically, benefits of ethically managed data to any organization – and data ethics connections to functions such as data governance, business intelligence/analytics, data quality, steps to developing an organizational culture of ethical data management, and some challenges to success.

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Who Should Attend

CEO, CDO, CIO, data professionals, business professionals, data scientists, data analysts, IT professionals, accountants, etc.

Why Should You Attend

Data ethics is a branch of ethics that evaluates data practices—collecting, generating, analyzing, and disseminating data, both structured and unstructured since mishandled data can affect people and society in many negative ways.

The topic of data ethics includes concepts of right and wrong conduct and ways to identify “good data behavior” versus “bad data behavior”.  Data ethics allows organizations to use data with transparency in and defensibility of actions and decisions and provides guidelines for employees and the public to learn about how to collect, store, and use data in a trustworthy manner.  The explosion in analytics and automated/artificial intelligence (AI) makes the need to adopt an ethical approach to data management even more important.

While data ethics is related to legislation around personal information (such as GDPR and CCPA), it is not limited to achieving regulatory compliance. Being ethical about data use goes beyond meeting legislation – it covers employee/company conduct around how data is collected, shared, and used.