This article offers several contributions to the interdisciplinary project of responsible research and innovation in data science AI. First, it provides a critical analysis current efforts establish practical mechanisms for algorithmic auditing assessment identify limitations gaps with these approaches. Second, brief introduction methodology argument-based assurance explores how is currently be...

We understand sociotechnical systems (STSs) as uniting social and technical tiers to provide abstractions for capturing how autonomous principals interact with each other. Accountability is a foundational concept in STSs an essential component of achieving ethical outcomes. In simple terms, accountability involves identifying who can call whom account must accounting what when. Although any app...

Evaluating the practice of ethical review by Research Ethics Committees (REC) could help protect the interests of human participants and promote scientific progress. To facilitate such evaluations, we conducted an ethnographic study of how an REC reviews research proposals during its meetings. We observed 13 meetings of a Dutch REC and studied REC documents. We coded this material inductively a...

Ethics committees are the most important practical instrument of clinical ethics in Belgium and fulfil three tasks: the ethical review of experimental protocols, advising on the ethical aspects of healthcare practice, and ethics consultation. In this article the authors examine the current situation of ethics committees in Belgium from the perspective of clinical ethics. Firstly, the most impor...

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always, accountability has been a key concept in public administration; but accountability in street-level bureaucracies where people have a daily contact with bureaucrats is of particular importance. the police are among these organizations which their accountability plays a pivotal role in obtaining public trust. the purpose of this study, which was carried out in the police stations of the s...

RAPID AND RADICAL CHANGE in almost every facet of society has brought in its wake community anxiety, suspicion and hostility. Current examples in Australia include the impact of globalisation, the introduction of the goods and services tax, and the actions of the banks in phasing out local branches. Even the health industry faces increased levels of public scrutiny and criticism. A recent examp...

Governments can be accountable for improving the fairness of their priority setting through enhanced transparency and stakeholder engagement. A case analysis is conducted of priority setting in a government health care context in Ontario, Canada, assessing how implementation of hospital accountability agreements meets the conditions of a leading international ethical framework for priority sett...