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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Diffused Pivotality
Working Paper Series, GATE; Klockmann, Victor; von … - 2021
With Big Data, decisions made by machine learning algorithms depend on training data generated by many individuals. In an experiment, we identify the effect of varying individual responsibility for moral choices of an artificially intelligent algorithm. Across treatments, we manipulated the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225912
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Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Diffused Pivotality
Klockmann, Victor; von Schenk, Alicia; Villeval, Marie … - 2021
With Big Data, decisions made by machine learning algorithms depend on training data generated by many individuals. In an experiment, we identify the effect of varying individual responsibility for moral choices of an artificially intelligent algorithm. Across treatments, we manipulated the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225987
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Gender differences in honesty : groups versus individuals
Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; Wallmeier, Niklas - 2014
Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under group decisions. We find more lying in male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010404039
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Gender differences in honesty : groups versus individuals
Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas; Wallmeier, Niklas - 2014
Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under group decisions. We find more lying in male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010412393
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Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests
Benistant, Julien - 2019
Using a real-effort experiment, we study whether group identity affects unethical behavior in a contest game. We vary whether minimal group identity is induced or not, whether individuals have to report their own outcome or the outcome of their competitor, and whether pairs of competitors share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901021
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Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests
Benistant, Julien - 2019
Using a real-effort experiment, we study whether group identity affects unethical behavior in a contest game. We vary whether minimal group identity is induced or not, whether individuals have to report their own outcome or the outcome of their competitor, and whether pairs of competitors share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012901023
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Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests
Benistant, Julien - 2019
Using a real-effort experiment, we study whether group identity affects unethical behavior in a contest game. We vary whether minimal group identity is induced or not, whether individuals have to report their own outcome or the outcome of their competitor, and whether pairs of competitors share...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870452
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Behavioral Business Ethics as a Method for Normative Business Ethics
Sacconi, Lorenzo - 2012
This paper aims at discussing the role of behavioral business ethics as a methodological approach that is valuable for … the construction of a robust normative foundation for business ethics. In particular, we will focus on experiments – and … suitable to improve our appraisal and knowledge of the prescriptive side of business ethics. We contend that there are two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103342
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The Ethics of Distribution in a Warming Planet
Roemer, John E. - 2013
The discounted-utilitarian social welfare function (DU) is used by the great majority of researchers studying intergenerational resource allocation in the presence of climate change (e.g., W. Nordhaus, M. Weitzman, N. Stern, and P. Dasgupta). I present three justifications for using DU: (1) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012753146
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Dissertation Chapter 1 : What is a Normative Ethical Theory?
Donahue, T. J. - 2007
This Chapter elucidates and defends the following thesis: A theory is a normative ethical theory just in case it claims that a certain set of normative requirements ranges over (a) all actions the performance of which would advance or set back persons' interests, or (b) any states of affairs the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014055344