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Ethical Data and Information Management: Concepts, Tools and Methods
Information and how we manage, process and govern it is becoming increasingly important as organizations ride the wave of the big data revolution. Ethical Data and Information Management offers a practical guide for people in organizations who are tasked with implementing information management projects. It sets out, in a clear and structured way, the fundamentals of ethics, and provides practical and pragmatic methods for organizations to embed ethical principles and practices into their management and governance of information.
Written by global experts in the field, Ethical Data and Information Management is an important book addressing a topic high on the information management agenda. Key coverage includes how to build ethical checks and balances into data governance decision making; using quality management methods to assess and evaluate the ethical nature of processing during design; change methods to communicate ethical values; how to avoid common problems that affect ethical action; and how to make the business case for ethical behaviours.
Written by global experts in the field, Ethical Data and Information Management is an important book addressing a topic high on the information management agenda. Key coverage includes how to build ethical checks and balances into data governance decision making; using quality management methods to assess and evaluate the ethical nature of processing during design; change methods to communicate ethical values; how to avoid common problems that affect ethical action; and how to make the business case for ethical behaviours.
344 pages, Paperback
Published May 29, 2018
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January 28, 2019
This is an informative, accessible and well-written introduction to a hugely important topic: data ethics. It marries the issue of data ethics to how these ethics could be implemented pragmatically in organisations, leading readers through the steps that organisations and their members would need to take to do this. The book is a good introductory text for a data ethics course, especially in a Business School, and for anyone else interested in the topic which is becoming of increasing importance economically, socially and legally.
May 31, 2018
In short, this is a specialist-orientated book that looks at the management, processing and governance of information within an organization, providing an encompassing means to undertake such activities ethically and sensitively. Getting it wrong has implications, and today for many companies it can lead to very many unpleasant headlines, investigations, financial consequences and more!
The authors have aimed this book as a practical, actionable guide, presenting just enough information to guide without it becoming overbearing or overly detailed in the process. Sometimes you need this kind of book to kick you into action and to focus your attention. Other books and resources can then help fill in the details as required. No explicit knowledge is expected, with the book being suitable for the beginner or those with tangential knowledge. For those more inset into the subject, the meat on the bone is the practical, focused advice. Both audiences are catered for with a relatively neutral, level tone. For this reader, at least, it seemed to be a working formula, fitting in just over 300 pages.
Ethics remains at the forefront of this book, hopefully keeping you on the right side of legal and moral fronts. Recent news shows that some companies are having a bit of a problem with their ethical stance, even if it brings in income for them, as well as a lot of public disdain and now legal and political interest. Don’t go down that route, as the future does not look so bright.
If you are involved with the collection or utilisation of collected data, you could be well advised to take a look at the book, even if you feel that it might not contain new ‘insights’ in itself. The advice and direction advocated, in any case, can leave an impact and act as a useful resource. For the price of the book and some reading, it may prevent significant problems later on!
The authors have aimed this book as a practical, actionable guide, presenting just enough information to guide without it becoming overbearing or overly detailed in the process. Sometimes you need this kind of book to kick you into action and to focus your attention. Other books and resources can then help fill in the details as required. No explicit knowledge is expected, with the book being suitable for the beginner or those with tangential knowledge. For those more inset into the subject, the meat on the bone is the practical, focused advice. Both audiences are catered for with a relatively neutral, level tone. For this reader, at least, it seemed to be a working formula, fitting in just over 300 pages.
Ethics remains at the forefront of this book, hopefully keeping you on the right side of legal and moral fronts. Recent news shows that some companies are having a bit of a problem with their ethical stance, even if it brings in income for them, as well as a lot of public disdain and now legal and political interest. Don’t go down that route, as the future does not look so bright.
If you are involved with the collection or utilisation of collected data, you could be well advised to take a look at the book, even if you feel that it might not contain new ‘insights’ in itself. The advice and direction advocated, in any case, can leave an impact and act as a useful resource. For the price of the book and some reading, it may prevent significant problems later on!
August 14, 2018
The storage of data has become a significant problem for many organisations; the amount being created, stored and managed across all sectors of commerce has grown exponentially in the last few decades. But the problems of physical storage are only part of the issue; and it is becoming increasingly necessary to consider matters of ethics, governance and privacy when creating the various systems and processes.
This book sets out to reflect upon each of those aspects, and to encourage discussion about the various methodologies that might be employed. It offers a series of deliberations, numerous references and a considerable amount of additional reading material in support of the various principles it suggests for an effective approach to the subject.
The authors deliver an interesting mix of views, and justifications for the various considerations. The text is occasionally broken up by a number of tables and diagrams that attempt to simplify some of the more complex discussions and help to construct an approach that might be of value for any organisation. It also contains a number of questions towards the end of each chapter that would help readers confirm their understanding of the preceding material.
I would suggest that the book is primarily aimed at students in higher education, as the book appears to be organised in a way that would allow it to be utilised specifically as a learning aid. It seems to be arranged in a way that would make it an appropriate tool for academic study and reflection, rather than a reference for those that need to manage the data storage function.
However, the book might still be of some value in helping to establish a suitable policy or plan of action within larger organisations; but it is a substantial text and not the easiest to read all the way through. It could certainly act as a reference guide, but that would assume some prior basic knowledge of the topic and an understanding of the need to develop the appropriate mechanisms; and more importantly, some experience in developing a data management strategy which the book would certainly help to refine or improve.
Overall, I consider that it is an interesting read, with some valuable insight into the specific subject matter; perhaps not quite suitable for a first read on the topic, but much more valuable as guidance material into some more in-depth conversations on the theme.
Review by A P Sutcliffe MSc CCI, MBCS
Originally published: https://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc...
This book sets out to reflect upon each of those aspects, and to encourage discussion about the various methodologies that might be employed. It offers a series of deliberations, numerous references and a considerable amount of additional reading material in support of the various principles it suggests for an effective approach to the subject.
The authors deliver an interesting mix of views, and justifications for the various considerations. The text is occasionally broken up by a number of tables and diagrams that attempt to simplify some of the more complex discussions and help to construct an approach that might be of value for any organisation. It also contains a number of questions towards the end of each chapter that would help readers confirm their understanding of the preceding material.
I would suggest that the book is primarily aimed at students in higher education, as the book appears to be organised in a way that would allow it to be utilised specifically as a learning aid. It seems to be arranged in a way that would make it an appropriate tool for academic study and reflection, rather than a reference for those that need to manage the data storage function.
However, the book might still be of some value in helping to establish a suitable policy or plan of action within larger organisations; but it is a substantial text and not the easiest to read all the way through. It could certainly act as a reference guide, but that would assume some prior basic knowledge of the topic and an understanding of the need to develop the appropriate mechanisms; and more importantly, some experience in developing a data management strategy which the book would certainly help to refine or improve.
Overall, I consider that it is an interesting read, with some valuable insight into the specific subject matter; perhaps not quite suitable for a first read on the topic, but much more valuable as guidance material into some more in-depth conversations on the theme.
Review by A P Sutcliffe MSc CCI, MBCS
Originally published: https://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc...
April 26, 2018
While I eventually want to earn a degree in information management/data management, I am trying to take in basic elements and I thought this book would be helpful in doing so. It's organized very well, answered some questions I had, and made me realize I am still interested in pursuing this subject. That being said, it isn't for a novice and not the most exciting of subjects, even for someone interested in the field. It's a great resource and one that I can see being used in the classroom.
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