{"title":"Is Algorithmic Personalized Pricing Unjust?","authors":"C. Herzog","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227123","url":null,"abstract":"This contribution addresses the issue of justice in algorithmic personalized pricing by considering complex social interactions and determinants necessary to arrive at a conscientious ethical evaluation—hence, arriving at the conclusion that the burden of proof for the ethicality of algorithmic personalized pricing requires a reversal. Instead of assessing algorithmic personalized pricing as prima facie ethically neutral, I propose that there exist ample reasons to doubt this. Simply put, algorithmic personalized pricing is likely forcing consumers to engage in price-sensitive consumer behavior and share the respective data used to infer the consumers’ willingness-to-pay. However, data suggests that it is the most vulnerable that typically lack the resources to engage in long-term planning as well as careful and time-intensive price-sensitive consumption. In addition, algorithmic personalized pricing transfers some of the competitive action away from businesses and onto consumers if price-sensitivity is assessed in relative terms between customers. Such practice is likely to exacerbate inequalities and put those without the resources to engage in such competition at a further disadvantage.","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133407119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Inexplicable AI in Medicine as a Form of Epistemic Oppression","authors":"C. Herzog","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227139","url":null,"abstract":"This contribution portrays inexplicable AI in medicine as a form of epistemic exclusion, i.e., as the marginalization or complete elimination of important stakeholders from the knowledge generation process. To show this, I will first briefly characterize and exemplify the notion of explicability as per Floridi in the medical domain as being instrumental to support accountability through intelligible explanatory interfaces. I will then follow Dotson in delineating three different orders of epistemic oppression, the third being irreducible to either social or political oppression. I will continue to argue that inexplicable AI in medicine, in its tendency to severely hinder a decision-making process that is either shared interprofessionally and/or between patient and physician, may, under certain conditions, amount to third-order epistemic exclusion. I will discuss that it follows that the adoption of inexplicable AI in medicine may severely hamper progress to support health as conceived holistically along the lines of the WHO’s constitution. Instead, the use of inexplicable AI in medicine may bring about short-term benefits, which may be tempting, but should not outweigh the long-term advantages promised by a patient-centered and individualized form of medicine. In summary, this contribution adds a novel conceptual take on the issues involved with adopting black-box AI in the medical domain that goes beyond a merely utility-based argumentation, but—in addition—depicts it as a form of epistemic exclusion, which is also wrong in itself.","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133141073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Wholly Alliance: Psychographics Ethics and the Internet of Things","authors":"J. Schoenherr","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227096","url":null,"abstract":"Psychographic techniques allow for the prediction of choices, personality traits, and latent variables which might be associated with sensitive user information. By combining these techniques with behavioural traces obtained from internet of things (IoT) devices, these methods are poised to seriously challenge individual privacy and autonomy placing considerable power in the hands of choice architects. Following a review of models of persuasive communication, an overview of the methods, efficacy, and use of psychographic research is presented. The Cambridge Analytica is presented as a model to demonstrate both the ethical concerns raised by these techniques, organizational responses, and public reaction. Finally, five ethical issues associated with the IoT are considered, focusing on how the heterogeneity of the device and heterarchical structure of informal regulation create a problematic sociotechnical system.","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"25 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126825590","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ISTAS 2022 Cover Page","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/istas55053.2022.10227129","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/istas55053.2022.10227129","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123853871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethics Day Sessions","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/istas55053.2022.10227115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/istas55053.2022.10227115","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117060089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Can strategic resilience coexist with lean approaches? A case study of the aviation industry","authors":"Martin F. Zorrilla, A. Akgunduz, K. Schmitt","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10226645","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10226645","url":null,"abstract":"Strategic resilience involves organizational transformation through innovation and a long-term vision, which implies a response to uncertainty and distress. However, organizations continue to adopt managerial methods that assume waste reduction and stable conditions. Those methods seem unrealistic and ineffective because disruptions are frequent and additional resources are often required. Here, we propose a perspective of strategic resilience based on buffer capacity building and cooperation, perhaps contrary to traditional methodologies. We consider lean management the conventional approach and use the aviation industry to illustrate emerging alternatives in practice","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127484380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Kolevski, Katina Michael, Roba Abbas, M. Freeman
{"title":"Cloud Computing Data Breaches in News Media: Disclosure of Personal and Sensitive Data","authors":"David Kolevski, Katina Michael, Roba Abbas, M. Freeman","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227100","url":null,"abstract":"Cloud computing has changed how businesses adopt information and communication technology (ICT) services that can be provisioned dynamically, providing more capacity and capability as required without the huge upfront capital expenditure. As consumers continue to use more and more online self-service portals, they increasingly leave digital footprints and personally identifiable information (PII) behind. Hackers, cloud configuration vulnerabilities, insider attacks, and accidental information security leaks are commonplace today, affecting tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of end-users. This article recounts the story of three of the most significant data breaches internationally, Sony PSN (2011), eBay (2014) and Yahoo! (2014), through the lens of news media at the height of the data breaches. The article captures a variety of cloud computing stakeholder perspectives, identifying key socio-technical considerations that need to be addressed over the longer term for the protection of the end-user, and the continuous improvement of cloud services.","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"287 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114025615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Questionable Foundations and Implications of Money-Making Apps in China","authors":"Yuanchu Song","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10226641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10226641","url":null,"abstract":"Since 2016, some apps have started assigning tasks to mobile internet users in mainland China while compensating them with some money for their loss of attention and time. Qutoutiao and Pinduoduo championed the trend in conquering the low-end market, i.e, new mobile internet users living in smaller cities and rural areas. The business model broke into the mainstream in 2018 with subsequent widespread adoption across the industry, but controversial legal and ethical issues around the practice of openly exchanging users’ screen time for money were rarely addressed until 2020. This paper defines money-making apps and introduces several common models while offering a timeline of how money-making apps grew from a niche category in the industry to the engine of user growth today. Money-making apps remain questionable for their business sustainability, and the model continues to pose significant legal and ethical concerns. The unique context of the convergence of civil society and government bodies in China and the recent stagnation of mobile internet growth are major contributors to the headwinds facing money-making apps in today’s Chinese internet industry.","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"480 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115876718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Prins, Rebecca Monteleone, Joana Soldado-Magraner, Joanne E. Nash, Michael J. Young, Laura Y. Cabrera
{"title":"Reexamining the ethical, legal, social, and cultural implications for cochlear implants through a novel neuroethics framework","authors":"N. Prins, Rebecca Monteleone, Joana Soldado-Magraner, Joanne E. Nash, Michael J. Young, Laura Y. Cabrera","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10226644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10226644","url":null,"abstract":"In the last few decades humanity has experienced a true technological revolution. The discoveries of this Information Era have found applications in myriad domains. Most recently, there has been an explosion of new information technologies designed to directly communicate with our bodies, and most notably, our brains. These so-called neurotechnologies might fundamentally transform the way we interact with the external world, and promise to revolutionize the medical field. Neurological and psychiatric conditions have been identified as some of the most pressing public health challenges of this century, given that relatively little is known about their causes, and that they are becoming a major concern among an increasingly aging population. Therefore, there is a tremendous incentive to promote the development of more advanced neurotechnologies. However, there has not been a similar drive to analyze the implications that such technologies might have on both individuals with these disorders, their caregivers and society in general. Here, as part of the IEEE Brain Neuroethics Initiative, we present a framework to analyze issues that might arise when designing and using a wide range of medical neurotechnologies. To illustrate the utility of our framework, we apply it to one of the most established medical neurotechnologies to date, cochlear implants. We highlight a range of ethical implications on safety, wellbeing, and agency, among other factors, as well as potential legal, societal and cultural considerations. Through this case study, we exemplify the benefits of analyzing neurotechnologies using our ethical framework, and encourage neurotechnology stakeholders such as researchers, engineers, clinicians, funding agents and end users to apply it in order to guide responsible development and deployment of neurotechnologies.1Authors contributed equally and both should be recognized as first author","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"463 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115922688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards place-based privacy: Challenges and opportunities in the “smart” world","authors":"Hongyu Zhang, Grant McKenzie","doi":"10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISTAS55053.2022.10227114","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of “smart” technologies has given rise to new interaction models merging our physical realities with our digital environments. As a result, new privacy threats have emerged, substantially impacting both individuals and groups. In this short paper, we summarize many of the privacy challenges we face in the smart and connected world, and identify opportunities for further research. Drawing from the recent literature on geoprivacy, user-tailored privacy, and group privacy, we explore this topic through the lens of contextually aware, place-based, or platial, information analysis.","PeriodicalId":180420,"journal":{"name":"2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124493047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}