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... Responsible research requires that the ethical and societal impacts of computing research and the technologies the research enables be first-order concerns of the computing research community. To ensure that computing research addresses these impacts and concerns and supports human flourishing, thriving societies, and a healthy planet, computing researchers must consult and collaborate with scholars and researchers in the humanities and social and behavioral sciences, particularly but not only those who study moral reasoning or the empirical analysis of sociotechnical systems or who can help cultivate moral imagination about alternative outcomes.
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... A well-known design principle in com puting illuminates the importance of considering ethical and societal impact issues in research: it is much easier to design a technology correctly from the start than it is to fix it later. To identify and explore potential sources of ethical challenges and societal con cerns associated with computing research, the study committee heard from experts at the intersection of computing and the domains of health care, work and labor, civil and criminal justice, and governance.
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... Computing researchers can assist by revealing limitations of their research results and identifying possible adverse impacts and needs for govern ment intervention. This third conclusion stems from the observation that the design and deployment of computing technologies are shaped by a combination of corporate decision-making, incentives set by the market and government regulation, and decisions made by organizations in acquiring the technologies.
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... The computing research community should ini tiate projects that foster responsible computing research, including research that leads to societal benefits and ethical societal impact and research that helps avoid or mitigate negative outcomes and harms. Both research sponsors and research institutions should encourage and support the pursuit of such projects.


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