Meet the editors

Ali Hessami is Director of R&D and Innovation at Vega Systems. He is an expert in systems assurance and safety, security, sustainability, and knowledge assessment/management methodologies and has a background in the design and development of advanced control systems for business and safety-critical industrial applications. He chairs the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 7000 Technology Ethics standard and is the

vice-chair of the Ethics Certification ECPAIS Programme at IEEE. Dr. Hessami is a visiting professor at London City University's Centre for Systems and Control and at Beijing Jiaotong University School of Electronics and Information Engineering. He is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), a fellow of the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and a Life Senior Member of IEEE.

With twenty years of experience as a solicitor in technology, regulatory/government affairs, and risk management, Patricia Shaw advises on artificial intelligence (AI) and data ethics, policy, and governance, including ethics advisory boards. She is a public speaker and author, with contributions in *The AI Book*, <sup>1</sup> *The Law of AI*, 2 and *Responsible AI: A Global Policy Framework Update 2021*. 3 She also chairs the UK Society for Computers and Law,

sits on the board of and is vice-chair of the AI Committee for iTechLaw, and is an advocate for responsible AI through her work with ForHumanity, Women Leading in AI, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

<sup>1</sup> https://fintechcircle.com/ai-book/

<sup>2</sup> Sweet and Maxwell's The Law of Artificial Intelligence: https://www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk/Product/ Information-Technology-Law/The-Law-of-Artificial-Intelligence/Hardback/42675054

<sup>3</sup> International Technology Law Association, Responsible AI: A Global Policy Framework Update 2021: https://www.itechlaw.org/ResponsibleAI2021

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

Analytics

**Preface XI**

Environmental, Social and Governance **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 13**

**Chapter 3 35**

Ethical Best Practice **53**

**Chapter 4 55**

**Chapter 5 65**

**Chapter 6 87**

How Factoring Ethics Encourages and Stimulates Innovative Development

of IT Systems Responsive to Stakeholder Needs and Requirements

Technological Approach to Ensure Ethical Procurement Management

The Desirability of a Future Integrated Reporting in the Study of Social

Modern Privacy Threats and Privacy Preservation Techniques in Data

*by Ram Mohan Rao P, S. Murali Krishna and AP Siva Kumar*

An Ontology for Standardising Trustworthy AI *by Dave Lewis, David Filip and Harshvardhan J. Pandit*

Introductory Chapter: AI's Very Unlevel Playing Field

*by María-Victoria López-Pérez, Lourdes Arco-Castro, Jesús-Mauricio Flórez-Parra and Sara Rodríguez-Gómez*

*by Ali Hessami and Patricia Shaw*

*by David Fourie and Cornel Malan*

and Innovative Practices

*by Zvikomborero Murahwi*
