Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, 4616King's College London, London, UK.
Department of Computer Science, 8748University of York, Heslington, York, UK.
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2021 Jul;16(3):325-337. doi: 10.1177/15562646211002744. Epub 2021 Mar 18.
The governance of ethically acceptable research in higher education institutions has been under scrutiny over the past half a century. Concomitantly, recently, decision makers have required researchers to acknowledge the societal impact of their research, as well as anticipate and respond to ethical dimensions of this societal impact through responsible research and innovation principles. Using artificial intelligence population health research in the United Kingdom and Canada as a case study, we combine a mapping study of journal publications with 18 interviews with researchers to explore how the ethical dimensions associated with this societal impact are incorporated into research agendas. Researchers separated the ethical responsibility of their research with its societal impact. We discuss the implications for both researchers and actors across the Ethics Ecosystem.
在过去的半个世纪里，高等教育机构中伦理上可接受的研究治理一直受到审查。与此同时，最近，决策者要求研究人员承认其研究对社会的影响，并通过负责任的研究和创新原则来预测和应对这种社会影响的伦理维度。本文以英国和加拿大的人工智能人口健康研究为例，将期刊出版物的映射研究与 18 名研究人员的访谈相结合，探讨了与这种社会影响相关的伦理维度如何被纳入研究议程。研究人员将研究的伦理责任与其对社会的影响分开。我们讨论了这对研究人员和伦理生态系统中的各个参与者的影响。
