Supplement to: Emerging technologies and research ethics: Developing editorial policy using a scoping review and reference panel.
Data supplement for the manuscript: Emerging technologies and research ethics: Developing editorial policy using a scoping review and reference panel.
Knight, S., Viberg, O., Mavrikis, M., Kovanović, V., Khosravi, H., Ferguson, R., Corrin, L., Thompson, K., Major, L., Lodge, J., Hennessy, S., & Cukurova, M. (2024). Emerging technologies and research ethics: Developing editorial policy using a scoping review and reference panel. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309715
Abstract
Background: Emerging technologies and societal changes create new ethical concerns and greater need for cross-disciplinary and –stakeholder communication on navigating ethics in research. Scholarly articles are the primary mode of communication for researchers, however there are concerns regarding the expression of research ethics in these outputs. If not in these outputs, where should researchers and stakeholders learn about the ethical considerations of research?
Objectives: Drawing on a scoping review, analysis of policy in a specific disciplinary context (learning and technology), and reference group discussion, we address concerns regarding research involving AI through developing novel policy that aims to foster learning through the expression of ethical concepts in research.
Approach: This paper develops new editorial policy for expression of research ethics in scholarly outputs across social sciences disciplines. These guidelines, aimed at authors, reviewers, and editors, are underpinned by:
1) a cross-disciplinary scoping review of existing policy and adherence to these policies;
2) a review of emerging policies, and policies in a specific discipline (learning and technology); and,
3) a collective drafting process undertaken by a reference group of journal editors (the authors of this paper).
Results: Analysis arising from the scoping review indicates gaps in policy across a wide range of journals (54% have no statement regarding reporting of research ethics), and adherence (51% of papers reviewed did not refer to ethics considerations). Analysis of emerging and discipline-specific policies highlights gaps.
Conclusion: Our collective policy development process develops novel materials suitable for cross-disciplinary transfer, to address specific issues of research involving AI, and broader challenges of emerging technologies.
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- Other education not elsewhere classified
- Fairness, accountability, transparency, trust and ethics of computer systems
- Computing education
- Other human society not elsewhere classified
- Professional ethics
- Information governance, policy and ethics
- Ethical use of new technology
- Applied ethics not elsewhere classified