All posts tagged "values and ethics"

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  Letter from Ottawa: a new year begins quietly, but much lies ahead

  2024 has begun relatively quietly in Canada but the ripples of the past couple of years are still being felt. It will be a year for public servants to put

  • Posted January 10, 2024
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  Integrity under threat: civil service ethics in the era of populism

  Populism left an indelible mark on the 2010s, and its hold in democracies remains strong. During a Global Government Forum webinar, experts discussed how civil servants can maintain legitimacy at

  • Posted July 27, 2023
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  Brazil launches national AI strategy

  Brazil has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, which aims to balance ethical use of the technology while boosting research and innovation in the sector. Following a public consultation,

  • Posted April 13, 2021
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  Ministers must be challenged on misleading statements, says former cabinet secretary

  Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell today expressed frustration with ministers who make false statements or skew statistics, a trend he says is eroding public trust in government. Speaking at an

  • Posted March 17, 2021
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  Emotion recognition tech fundamentally flawed, says human rights charity

  Emerging AI-based emotion recognition technologies are “untenable” under international human rights law, and developing, designing or sharing such tech should be banned, a recent report has argued.  The study, which

  • Posted February 12, 2021
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  OECD report highlights ethical risks around use of algorithms

  Governments around the world are experimenting with the use of data-driven algorithms to develop policy, but the technique raises new ethical risks and challenges, according to a new report on

  • Posted February 18, 2019
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  Strict new anti-graft code for European commissioners

  The president of the European Commission has tightened up the code of conduct for its officials, in a bid to raise ethical standards and police the border between lobbyists and

  • Posted September 20, 2017
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  Canada: civil service head calls for officials’ integrity after harassment complaints

  The head of the Canadian civil service has called for civil servants’ integrity after a staff survey found that almost one in five officials said they were harassed on the job

  • Posted May 11, 2015
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