The impact of big data, AI and blockchain on professional judgement and ethics.
Transformative technologies are defined as tech that can facilitate mental health, emotional wellbeing, and enhanced human thriving. These have also been less optimistically labeled as disruptive innovation/technology.
Today, we are beginning to feel the impacts of three transformative technologies within our society:
Big data Artificial intelligence Blockchain and cryptocurrency These transformative technologies have the potential to help us in our day-to-day lives. However, there are significant ethical implications to these technologies for:
Privacy Professional judgement/critical thinking Environment, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) This on-demand ethics course will introduce these transformative technologies and examine their ethical implications.
Founder of Sheriff Consulting
I am the founder of Sheriff Consulting which specializes in the development and delivery of accounting, auditing and foundational skill courses and workshops. Teaching and working with professionals in diverse and dynamic learning environments has been my passion and experience for over 10 years. As a qualified Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and U.S. Certified Public Accountant (CPA), I work with finance and accounting professionals in both the U.S. and Canada to meet their training and development needs. My goal has always been to create an engaging and interactive learning environment. To help my own path of continual improvement in achieving this goal, I have also received training and worked as a professional actor. I am a member of ACTRA (the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) and a graduate in improvisation from the Second City Training Centre. http://sheriffconsulting.com/
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