Moral food lab: Transforming the food system with crowd-sourced ethics
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In this article, we describe a study on the impact of an ethics program aimed at strengthening the ethical agency of 15 social workers of three welfare organizations. The goal of the study was to make an inventory of the impact of the program, and to evaluate the relevance of this impact with the help of several stakeholders. The most significant change (MSC) approach was used as a research strategy, though some changes to the approach were made with a view to our research goal. We explain the MSC approach and how we used it in our study design. Further, we describe the research process, answering the question whether our adaptation of the MSC was helpful to inventory the impact of our ethics program and the evaluation of its relevance. The implications of MSC's focus on "most significant" changes and the need for a thorough feedback of the results of the evaluation process in the participating organizations are discussed.
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Aim: Midwives are expected to identify and help resolve ethics problems that arise in practice, skills that are presumed to be taught in midwifery educational programs. In this study, we explore how midwives recognize ethical dilemmas in clinical practice and examine the sources of their ethics education. Methods: We conducted semi-structured, individual interviews with midwives from throughout the United States (U.S.) (n = 15). Transcripts of the interviews were analysed using an iterative process to identify themes and subthemes. Findings: Midwives described a range of professional ethical dilemmas, including challenges related to negotiating strained interprofessional relationships and protecting or promoting autonomy for women. Ethical dilemmas were identified by the theme of unease, a sense of distress that was expressed in three subthemes: uncertainty of action, compromise in action, and reflecting on action. Learning about ethics and ethical dilemmas occurred, for the most part, outside of the classroom, with the majority of participants reporting that their midwifery program did not confer the skills to identify and resolve ethical challenges. Conclusion: Midwives in this study reported a range of ethical challenges and minimal classroom education related to ethics. Midwifery educators should consider the purposeful and explicit inclusion of midwifery-specific ethics content in their curricula and in interprofessional ethics education. Reflection and self-awareness of bias were identified as key components of understanding ethical frameworks. As clinical preceptors were identified as a key source of ethics learning, midwifery educators should consider ways to support preceptors in building their skills as role models and ethics educators.
The IMPULS-2020 project DIGIREAL (BUas, 2021) aims to significantly strengthen BUAS’ Research and Development (R&D) on Digital Realities for the benefit of innovation in our sectoral industries. The project will furthermore help BUas to position itself in the emerging innovation ecosystems on Human Interaction, AI and Interactive Technologies. The pandemic has had a tremendous negative impact on BUas industrial sectors of research: Tourism, Leisure and Events, Hospitality and Facility, Built Environment and Logistics. Our partner industries are in great need of innovative responses to the crises. Data, AI combined with Interactive and Immersive Technologies (Games, VR/AR) can provide a partial solution, in line with the key-enabling technologies of the Smart Industry agenda. DIGIREAL builds upon our well-established expertise and capacity in entertainment and serious games and digital media (VR/AR). It furthermore strengthens our initial plans to venture into Data and Applied AI. Digital Realities offer great opportunities for sectoral industry research and innovation, such as experience measurement in Leisure and Hospitality, data-driven decision-making for (sustainable) tourism, geo-data simulations for Logistics and Digital Twins for Spatial Planning. Although BUas already has successful R&D projects in these areas, the synergy can and should significantly be improved. We propose a coherent one-year Impuls funded package to develop (in 2021): 1. A multi-year R&D program on Digital Realities, that leads to, 2. Strategic R&D proposals, in particular a SPRONG/sleuteltechnologie proposal; 3. Partnerships in the regional and national innovation ecosystem, in particular Mind Labs and Data Development Lab (DDL); 4. A shared Digital Realities Lab infrastructure, in particular hardware/software/peopleware for Augmented and Mixed Reality; 5. Leadership, support and operational capacity to achieve and support the above. The proposal presents a work program and management structure, with external partners in an advisory role.
Steeds meer organisaties vinden het belangrijk om ‘ethisch verantwoorde’ AI-toepassingen te ontwikkelen. Maar wat is precies ethisch verantwoord? En hoe ontwerp je AI-systemen die aan ethische richtlijnen voldoen? In dit coöperatieve spel ontwerp je samen, op basis van de ethische principes opgesteld door de EU, ethisch verantwoorde AI-toepassingen.
Steeds meer organisaties vinden het belangrijk om ‘ethisch verantwoorde’ AI-toepassingen te ontwikkelen. Maar wat is precies ethisch verantwoord? En hoe ontwerp je AI-systemen die aan ethische richtlijnen voldoen? In dit coöperatieve spel ontwerp je samen, op basis van de ethische principes opgesteld door de EU, ethisch verantwoorde AI-toepassingen.Doel In het spel worden de spelers benaderd door de startup ‘Ethics Inc.’ om een betrouwbare AI-toepassing te ontwikkelen die voldoet aan Europese richtlijnen. De spelers vormen samen een denktank om de startup te adviseren over hoe zij deze toepassing het best kunnen ontwikkelen. Het spel eindigt als er consensus is bereikt na één of meer rondes. Samen maak je een vertaalslag van abstracte waarden naar de specifieke gebruikerscontext. Het spel is gebaseerd op de EU Ethics Guidelines For Trustworthy AI welke ook ten grondslag ligt aan de aankomende EU-wetgeving rondom AI. Resultaten Een coöperatief spel waarin er samen ethisch verantwoorde AI-toepassingen ontworpen worden (3 tot 8 spelers, 75 minuten). Je kunt een fysiek exemplaar bestellen door een mail te sturen naar info@stt.nl. De kaarten zijn ook als PDF te downloaden om zelf uit te printen. Er is ook een digitale versie van het spel gemaakt, deze wordt op het moment getest en doorontwikkeld. Het gedachtegoed achter het ontwerpspel is verder uitgediept in het paper An Agile Framework for Trustworthy AI welke is geaccepteerd voor de ECAI-2020 Workshop “New Foundations for Human-Centered AI”. Looptijd 01 maart 2020 - 31 december 2022 Aanpak De Stichting Toekomstbeeld der Techniek STT heeft het fysieke spel samen met het lectoraat Artificial Intelligence (HU) ontwikkeld, waarbij een grafisch vormgever een aansprekende stijl heeft neergezet. Daarnaast is de Stichting Koninklijk Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut (NEN) betrokken als partner. In 2021 en verder ligt de focus van dit project op een digitale versie van het spel, waarmee het breder ingezet kan worden in de praktijk. Impact voor het onderwijs Voor studenten is Ethics Inc. een tool om van begin af aan AI-toepassingen te ontwerpen die de Europese AI richtlijnen meenemen (Ethics by design). Er lopen pilots bij verschillende opleidingen om de inzet van het spel ook daar te testen.
