D333 Ethics in Technology - Set 3 - Part 3

Correct Answer: Making it costly to switch providers can unfairly restrict customer freedom

Deliberately impeding data export or interoperability traps customers, undermining fair competition and their autonomy to choose alternatives that better serve their needs.

Correct Answer: It lets individuals move their data between services, supporting autonomy

Data portability lets people obtain and reuse their data across services, reducing lock-in and supporting individual autonomy and competitive markets.

Correct Answer: Users should be informed and not exposed to undisclosed risk

Experimenting on users, including A/B tests affecting wellbeing or important outcomes, raises consent questions and should avoid exposing people to undisclosed material risk.

Correct Answer: To identify and address moral risks before deployment causes harm

A structured ethics review surfaces potential harms, affected stakeholders, and mitigations before deployment, when changes are far cheaper than after harm has occurred.

Correct Answer: Consistently weighing human impact alongside technical and commercial goals

Ethical practice consistently considers the human consequences of technical and commercial decisions, giving genuine weight to the interests of users, affected groups, and society.

Correct Answer: Keeping pace with new capabilities and the novel risks they create

Technology and its ethical implications evolve rapidly, so ongoing learning is necessary for professionals to recognize and responsibly manage new categories of risk.

Correct Answer: It enables accountability and review of why choices were made

Documenting the reasoning behind decisions, including trade-offs and risks considered, creates a record supporting accountability, review, and learning from outcomes.

Correct Answer: Seek guidance, document the concern, and consider all available lawful options

Apparent conflicts warrant careful analysis, consultation, and documentation, exploring lawful options that best satisfy ethical obligations rather than dismissing either dimension.

Correct Answer: Protecting the public interest and maintaining trust in the profession

Professional codes exist principally to protect the public interest and sustain trust, obliging members to place public welfare above narrow personal or employer interests.

Correct Answer: Human judgment can catch errors and context an algorithm cannot

Human-in-the-loop review provides a check on automated errors, considers context the model cannot capture, and preserves a responsible party accountable for consequential outcomes.