What is Internet Ethics?
Internet Ethics Case Studies
Find ethics case studies on topics in Internet ethics including privacy, hacking, social media, the right to be forgotten, and hashtag activism.
Internet Ethics Videos
Hear what voices from Silicon Valley, including our staff and fellows, are saying about important ethical challenges in the online world.
Internet Ethics Teaching Modules
Teaching resources are a major thrust of our efforts in technology and internet ethics, with a special focus on creating material for college students.
Internet Ethics Resources
More resources for those in the internet ethics field including videos, ethics codes, and student examples.
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On the ethics of integrating AI (amid claims of widespread adoption)
A growing list of AI ethics issues and links to relevant materials from the Ethics Center.
Irina Raicu, director, Internet Ethics, quoted by KQED.
Iris Stewart-Frey, professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences and an Ethics Center Faculty Scholar, and Irina Raicu, Ethics Center director, internet ethics, featured in Santa Clara Magazine.
AI Ethics Literacy
A growing need, a growing list of issues, and a growing collection of resources from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Curated by Irina Raicu and Subramaniam Vincent.
IT, Ethics, and Law Lecture Series
The Ethics Center and the High Tech Law Institute collaborate to sponsor this series of presentations on topics in information technology. Speakers have included Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society; Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist; and Kara Swisher, journalist.
Ethics in Tech Practice
Ethics in Technology Practice aims to provide free materials to encourage and support ethics training workshops in technology companies.
AI and the Environment: Sustaining the Common Good
On November 1, 2024 the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and Next 10 cosponsored a daylong conference that brought together academics from a variety of disciplines, industry and government representatives, SCU students, and the broader public, to explore the intersection of AI and sustainability.
Access recordings of the six panels which comprised the conference
Institute for Technology, Ethics, and Culture (ITEC)
The Institute for Technology, Ethics and Culture (ITEC), housed at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, is a collaboration between the Center and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education. The Institute convenes leaders from business, civil society, academia, government, and all faith and belief traditions, to promote deeper thought on technology’s impact on humanity.