TY - JOUR
T1 - Data Hazards: An open-source vocabulary of ethical hazards for data-intensive projects
AU - Zelenka, Natalie
AU - Di Cara, Nina H.
AU - Bennet, Euan
AU - Clatworthy, Phil
AU - Day, Huw
AU - Garcia, Ismael Kherroubi
AU - Garcia, Susana Roman
AU - Hanschke, Vanessa Aisyahsari
AU - Kuwertz, Emma Siân
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 The Authors
PY - 2025/3/1
Y1 - 2025/3/1
N2 - Understanding the potential for downstream harms from data-intensive technologies requires strong collaboration across disciplines and with the public. Having shared vocabularies of concerns reduces the communication barriers inherent in this work. The Data Hazards project [url] contains an open-source, controlled vocabulary of 11 hazards associated with data science work, presented as ‘labels’. Each label has (i) an icon, (ii) a description, (iii) examples, and, crucially, (iv) suggested safety precautions. A reflective discussion format and resources have also been developed. These have been created over three years with feedback from interdisciplinary contributors, and their use evaluated by participants (N=47). The labels include concerns often out-of-scope for ethics committees, like environmental impact. The resources can be used as a structure for interdisciplinary harms discovery work, for communicating hazards, collecting public input or in educational settings. Future versions of the project will develop through feedback from open-source contributions, methodological research and outreach.
AB - Understanding the potential for downstream harms from data-intensive technologies requires strong collaboration across disciplines and with the public. Having shared vocabularies of concerns reduces the communication barriers inherent in this work. The Data Hazards project [url] contains an open-source, controlled vocabulary of 11 hazards associated with data science work, presented as ‘labels’. Each label has (i) an icon, (ii) a description, (iii) examples, and, crucially, (iv) suggested safety precautions. A reflective discussion format and resources have also been developed. These have been created over three years with feedback from interdisciplinary contributors, and their use evaluated by participants (N=47). The labels include concerns often out-of-scope for ethics committees, like environmental impact. The resources can be used as a structure for interdisciplinary harms discovery work, for communicating hazards, collecting public input or in educational settings. Future versions of the project will develop through feedback from open-source contributions, methodological research and outreach.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jrt.2025.100110
DO - 10.1016/j.jrt.2025.100110
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
SN - 2666-6596
VL - 21
JO - Journal of Responsible Technology
JF - Journal of Responsible Technology
M1 - 100110
ER -