Data Ethics

Katherine O'Keefe works with Ireland's national water utility, Uisce Éireann, and is on the teaching faculty of the Law Society of Ireland's Diploma Centre. She has developed international professional accreditation schemes for information management, for which she was awarded the DAMA International Professional Achievement Award in 2017. Daragh O Brien is the founder and managing director of Castlebridge, a leading data strategy consultancy. He lectures in Data Protection and Data Governance in the Sutherland School of Law at University College Dublin. Daragh is a founding member of the Strategic Advisory Board to the School of Business in Maynooth University.

Chapter - 00: Introduction - Why write a book on data ethics?;
Chapter - 01: Ethics in the context of data management;
Chapter - 02: Introduction to ethical concepts and frameworks;
Chapter - 03: Ethical principles, standards and practice;
Chapter - 04: Ethics, privacy and analytics;
Chapter - 05: Ethics and data management (including AI);
Chapter - 06: Developing an ethical architecture for information management;
Chapter - 07: Introducing the Ethical Enterprise Information Management (E2IM) framework;
Chapter - 08: Information ethics as an information quality system;
Chapter - 09: Information ethics and data governance;
Chapter - 10: Information ethics and risk - Tools and methods for identifying and managing ethical risk;
Chapter - 11: Data ethics - the bigger picture;
Chapter - 12: And in conclusion...;

"Ethics play an increasingly important role when considering how to collect and use personal data. This updated edition of Data Ethics clearly explains how to take ethics seriously and make it an integral part of business information management and governance. The combination of sound and up to date legal theories with practical tips and case studies makes it a useful handbook for anyone working with data on a regular basis."

"I can't think of a subject more relevant than data ethics. Given that we live in a data-dependent world, the most important question is not "Can I do something with data?" but "Should I do something with data?". These questions should be considered by teens learning to code, businesspeople gathering and exploiting customer data, scientists developing and releasing Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications, and anyone creating and using data. Daragh and Katherine provide an excellent groundwork for addressing these questions and give us the tools to think and act with our data in a responsible way. Read their book, share it and apply it!"

"Reading Data Ethics gave me goosebumps. Impeccably researched, it is the definitive work on the topic. Simultaneously confronting and enlightening, it challenged my own ethical framework and validated the principles I hold dear in my practice as a Data Governance Executive. The foreword by John Ladley is delightful and sets the scene perfectly for what is to follow. I look forward to our DAMA community here in Australia, and internationally, having the opportunity to share their experiences after reading this outstanding book on data ethics."