Investors Join Forces to Tackle Unethical Use of Personal Data
By: Citywire February 16, 2022 Mishandling of personal data could come at a great cost for both firms and investors who fail to engage on the subject. This is one of the takeaways from a report published by the Investors for a Sustainable Digital Economy (ISDE), which was launched in February and brought together […]
Inaugural Report from ‘Investors for a Sustainable Digital Economy’ Highlights Risks From Data Use And Investors’ Role in Mitigating Consequences
Report enables investors to gain insights and develop frameworks that steer organisations towards responsible data use in an increasingly digitalised landscape London – February 9, 2022 – Investors for a Sustainable Digital Economy (“ISDE”), a network of institutional investment managers and asset owners seeking to engage with and steward companies through digital governance best […]
Fidelity Investment Summit 2021
CFU’s chair, Di, was delighted to join Fidelity International with Christine Brueschke and Jon Guinness on this critical conversation of digital ethics.
Big Tech’s Push For Automation Hides The Grim Reality Of ‘Microwork’
By: The Guardian October 27, 2021 When customers in the London borough of Hackney shop in the new Amazon Fresh store, they no longer pay a checkout operator but simply walk out with their goods. Amazon describes “just walk out shopping” as an effortless consumer experience. The rise of automated stores during the pandemic […]
Employees Are Not Showing Up To Work — Employers Are Replacing Them With Robots
By: The Hill October 26, 2021 It’s the “Great Resignation,” and many workers seem to prefer not coming in to work. Employers are increasingly obliging them. How? By eliminating their jobs altogether. A recent survey from Verizon of more than 600 U.S. small businesses found that 30 percent have already adopted digital tools to help […]
Today’s Tech Founders Don’t Just Own the Company – They’re Also Getting Huge Pay Packages
By: The Wall Street Journal October 16, 2021 Archer Aviation Inc. is years from producing its only planned product, a four-passenger electric air taxi that the main U.S. regulator hasn’t yet certified. It hasn’t generated any revenue. Still, the co-founders of this three-year-old company got a huge payday last month, a $99 million […]
Effort to Bar Tech Companies From ‘Self-Preferencing’ Gains Traction
By: The Wall Street Journal October 15, 2021 WASHINGTON—Legislation to bar internet companies from favoring their own products on their platforms is gaining more support, in what could be a potential threat to the business models of tech giants like Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc. Bipartisan Senate legislation announced Thursday would prohibit dominant […]
Robots: Stealing Our Jobs or Solving Labour Shortages?
By: The Guardian October 2, 2020 As the coronavirus pandemic enveloped the world last year, businesses increasingly turned to automation in order to address rapidly changing conditions. Floor-cleaning and microbe-zapping disinfecting robots were introduced in hospitals, supermarkets and other environments. Some enterprises found that, given the new emphasis on hygiene and social distancing, robotic […]
Voters Want Congress to Focus on National Security, Jobs – Not Breaking Up Tech Companies
By: American Edge Project September 15, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new survey released today by Ipsos in partnership with the American Edge Project (AEP) shows that voters in frontline districts want their elected officials to focus on issues of national security, jobs, and health care as opposed to breaking up tech companies. The poll, […]