https://climatejournal.news/ en https://climatejournal.news/news/sweetening-the-deal-to-make-food-ethics-matter <div class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item"><span>Sweetening the deal to make food ethics matter</span> </div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://climatejournal.news/news/sweetening-the-deal-to-make-food-ethics-matter" data-a2a-title="Sweetening the deal to make food ethics matter"><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/linkedin.svg" border="0" alt="LinkedIn" height="18" class="social-media-links-normal"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/linkedin_hover.svg" border="0" alt="LinkedIn" height="18" class="social-media-links-hover"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/facebook.svg" border="0" alt="Facebook" height="18" class="social-media-links-normal"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/facebook_hover.svg" border="0" alt="Facebook" height="18" class="social-media-links-hover"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/twitter.svg" border="0" alt="Twitter" height="18" class="social-media-links-normal"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/twitter_hover.svg" border="0" alt="Twitter" height="18" class="social-media-links-hover"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/email.svg" border="0" alt="Email" height="18" class="social-media-links-normal"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/email_hover.svg" border="0" alt="Email" height="18" class="social-media-links-hover"></a><a class="a2a_dd" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/share_hover.svg" border="0" alt="Share" height="18" class="social-media-links-hover"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/share.svg" border="0" alt="Share" height="18" class="social-media-links-normal"> Share </a></span> <div class="field field--name-field-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/sustainable-business" hreflang="en">Sustainable Business</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/ireland" hreflang="en">Ireland</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/entrepreneurs" hreflang="en">Entrepreneurs</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Topic</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/topic/entrepreneurship" hreflang="en">Entrepreneurship</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/topic/ethics" hreflang="en">Ethics</a></div> </div> </div> <img width="32" height="32" alt="Business" title="Business" class="img-responsive" src="/files/bsp-images/icons/55.svg" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <img width="32" height="32" alt="Sustainability" title="Sustainability" class="img-responsive" src="/files/bsp-images/icons/52.svg" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <img alt="Sweetening the deal to make food ethics matter" title="Sweetening the deal to make food ethics matter" class="img-responsive" src="/files/styles/news_full_main_image/public/bsp-images/news/1043.jpg?itok=kyZNfOcn" width="687" height="687" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <div class="field field--name-field-lead field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">A chocolate range with exceptional taste and high ethical standards was brought to life by an Irish entrepreneur to raise awareness.</div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3079 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3080 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p><a href="https://www.chocolateyclare.com/" target="_blank">Chocolatey Clare</a>, alias Clare Tate followed her passion when she designed a chocolate range in Ireland with a sensational taste while raising the bar to the highest in ethics and sustainability.</p> <p>In this interview, she shares her secrets of running an ethical food business that goes beyond the usual ‘greening’ strategies.</p> <hr /><p>I set up my business in 2016, knowing absolutely nothing about the food industry. After turning 50, I decided to just do something else entirely and switch to a completely different career by becoming an entrepreneur.</p> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3083 paragraph--width--full paragraph--style--58-42"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column1"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3081 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>I have been a vegetarian for about 30 years, and I turned vegan along with my whole family about seven years ago. I couldn't find any vegan chocolate that I really loved, even though I tried almost all of them.</p> <p>So I decided to make my own and started my business by searching the internet ‘How do you make chocolate?’. Besides finding the best taste, I had some other criteria on my list: to start with, it had to be vegan, but veganism extends to an approach to minimise the exploitation of not only animals but humans, the environment and the planet.</p> <blockquote> <p>In the finished product, you have your in¬gredients, processes, people, packaging, and everything has an effect.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column2"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-image paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3082 paragraph--width--full"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="field field--name-bp-image-field field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img alt="" title="" src="/files/bsp-images/paragraph/1044.jpg" width="476" height="476" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Clare Tate, Founder of Chocolatey Clare is dedicated to raise the bar in food ethics.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3084 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>Food ethics is one of my main principles, which means no animal or human exploitation in the production of my chocolate.</p> <p>I strive to ensure that all my ingredients are ethically sourced, so I would investigate the ethics policies and the sustainability commitments of all the suppliers I engage with. For example, when I use organic coconut milk powder, I also need to make sure that no monkeys are used to harvest the coconuts.</p> <blockquote> <p>I think there is no such thing as a neutral purchase because you support that company every time you buy something.</p> </blockquote> <p>One of the main challenges for me entering the food industry was having no previous experience whatsoever. I had to research everything, but I don't think it was all negative because it meant that I had no preconceived notions of what should I be doing.</p> <p>I investigated everything and looked at all possible options at the time.</p> <p>I went to a lot of trouble to find environmen¬tally friendly packaging. The boxes I use are made from FSC certified paper and printed with vegetable-based ink instead of petroleum basting. The printing company that I work with has printing machines that are actually wind-powered.</p> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-callout paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--width--full callout-style--b" id="callout-3086"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="callout-body"> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3085 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>My products are more expensive than the mass-produced options. But if you think about it, there is a good reason for that.</p> <blockquote> <p>Particularly in the food industry, there is an unrealistic expectation from the general public that chocolate should be cheap.</p> </blockquote> <p>If everybody in the supply chain is fairly paid and the environmental impact is taken into account, the end product will obviously be more expensive.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3087 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>At the same time, unfortunately, there is still a lot of exploitation and even slave labour involved in the cocoa industry.</p> <p>The result is that chocolate is cheap when it shouldn’t be, so it is a bit of an uphill battle to convince consumers that chocolate is a luxury item that deserves to be paid for and should be treated that way.</p> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3090 paragraph--width--full paragraph--style--42-58"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column1"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-image paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3088 paragraph--width--full"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="field field--name-bp-image-field field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img alt="" title="" src="/files/bsp-images/paragraph/1045.jpg" width="350" height="350" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">&quot;Chocolate is a luxury item that deserves to be paid for and should be treated that way,&quot; says Clare Tate.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column2"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3089 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>One of my other mantras is that you should buy less but buy better. I think consumers have all the power because if we stop buying something, then companies will stop making it or be forced to examine how they produce things.</p> <p>Most of my customers aren’t vegan and aren't really bothered about buying dairy-free products, but they like the chocolate we make. And this was another thing that absolutely was at the top of my agenda.</p> <p>Not only do I want to make chocolate according to my principles and my ethics, but it has to be delicious.</p> <p>Figuring out all the details and building up a business was not easy, and I was glad to receive such tremendous support from the <a href="https://www.localenterprise.ie/DublinCity/" target="_blank">Dublin City Local Enterprise Office</a>. It meant not just being able to have experts helping me but getting great exposure to my products and refining my positioning.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--3091 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>I would love to see many more people stand by the type of business I’m running.</p> <p>Considering that there are plenty of resources and food out there to feed the world, yet only a few per cent of humanity has the luxury to enjoy it, we would definitely need a systemic change.</p> <p>How the system works right now, how food is produced, priced, distributed, and consumed, is far from being fair or sustainable.</p> <blockquote> <p>It might look like an unrealistic or naive paradigm shift, but access to quality and safe food is a basic need and should be available to everyone.</p> </blockquote> <p>As a small business, I’m doing everything within my reach and power to get people to at least think about their impact when purchasing their food.</p> <p>Chocolate might just be a sweat first experience for them to feel good about making better choices whenever they buy something.</p> <hr /><p>This content is a piece of an article originally published in the <a href="https://business-spirit.news/shop/make-change-happen-winter-2021-22" target="_blank">"Make change happen</a>" issue of <a href="https://business-spirit.news/profit-with-purpose-magazine" target="_blank">Profit with Purpose Magazine</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-background-style field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Background style</div> <div class="field--item">Light</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-sponsored field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Sponsored?</div> <div class="field--item">No</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden field--item">August 2022</div> Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:19:09 +0000 Business Spirit News reporting 237 at https://climatejournal.news https://climatejournal.news/news/how-can-tech-startups-benefit-from-applying-ethics <div class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item"><span>How can tech startups benefit from applying ethics?</span> </div> <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://climatejournal.news/news/how-can-tech-startups-benefit-from-applying-ethics" data-a2a-title="How can tech startups benefit from applying ethics?"><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/linkedin.svg" border="0" alt="LinkedIn" height="18" class="social-media-links-normal"><img src="/libraries/bsp_social_media_icons_share/service/linkedin_hover.svg" border="0" alt="LinkedIn" height="18" class="social-media-links-hover"></a><a class="a2a_button_facebook"><img 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field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Topic</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/topic/technology" hreflang="en">Technology</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/topic/innovation" hreflang="en">Innovation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/topic/responsible-innovation" hreflang="en">Responsible Innovation</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/topic/ethics" hreflang="en">Ethics</a></div> </div> </div> <img width="32" height="32" alt="Business" title="Business" class="img-responsive" src="/files/bsp-images/icons/55.svg" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <img width="32" height="32" alt="Collaboration" title="Collaboration" class="img-responsive" src="/files/bsp-images/icons/53.svg" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <img width="32" height="32" alt="Research" title="Research" class="img-responsive" src="/files/bsp-images/icons/243.svg" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <img alt="How can tech startups benefit from applying ethics?" title="How can tech startups benefit from applying ethics?" class="img-responsive" src="/files/styles/news_full_main_image/public/bsp-images/news/567.jpeg?itok=HpTOcU6k" width="687" height="687" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" /> <div class="field field--name-field-lead field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Innovators can access free to use tech ethics booklet to build resilience and create more value</div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1795 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1796 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>A small group of members of the <a href="https://www.weforum.org/communities/global-future-councils" target="_blank">World Economic Forum Global Future Council for Values, Ethics and Innovation</a>, designed a gap-filling practical booklet to help startups and SMEs explore hidden commercial risks and trigger better innovations through the integration of tech ethics.</p> <p>After considering that tech ethics mainly targets big business, they decided to publish the '<a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fc12cea2cf09257bd6dcc01/t/60005f6715b561354c4050e5/1610637159921/WEF+Tech+Ethics+Booklet+Final+Dec+2020.pdf" target="_blank">Tech Ethics for Start-Ups and SMEs’ </a>booklet.</p> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1799 paragraph--width--full paragraph--style--25-75"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column1"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-image paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1797 paragraph--width--full"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="field field--name-bp-image-field field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img alt="" title="" src="/files/bsp-images/paragraph/569.jpg" width="281" height="355" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Hilary Sutcliffe, lead athour of the ‘Tech Ethics for Start-Ups and SMEs’ booklet</div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column2"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1798 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>It aims to offer a quick overview of how ethics can be discussed and managed in innovative businesses without massive resources.</p> <p>This can be especially useful, where these issues can provide great opportunities if handled well, or potentially devastating risks if poorly managed.</p> <p>The lead author of this publication Hilary Sutcliffe, director of London-based not-for-profit <a href="https://societyinside.com/" target="_blank">SocietyInside</a>, shares more insights in this backstage interview.</p> <p>Hilary was recently named one of the <a href="https://100brilliantwomeninaiethics.com/" target="_blank">100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics for 2021</a> and in her work, she explores issues related to trust, ethics, values, and governance of technology - especially concerning nanotech, biotech and AI – through collaborative research.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1800 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <hr /><p>“We have designed the ‘Tech Ethics for Start-Ups and SMEs’ booklet as an easy-to-take on board advice for companies, in particular, developing or using new and emerging technologies, in all countries, across all sectors.</p> <p>I have been working on issues of company ethics since the mid-1990s and witnessed the evolution of business responsibility from being sidelined community relations and philanthropy topic to becoming a more complex core business issue that could determine success on the market.</p> <p>Our work over 20 years in ‘Responsible Research and Innovation’ suggests if companies start thinking about this early, and continue to take these issues seriously as they grow, they can head off the problems currently facing so many before they become disasters.</p> <blockquote> <p>So much of the airtime and attention on ethical business is directed at big tech companies, but big tech grows from small tech.</p> <p>We wanted to create an unassuming, accessible little booklet to be read by someone in a startup or small company.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1801 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>With the help of other experts, we shaped the content to be easy to follow.</p> <p>Main contributors are including Prof Angie Hobbs from the University of Sheffield, UK, Pamela Mar from the Fung Academy Hong Kong, Dr Emad Yaghmaei from the Technical University of Delft and Professor Ashok Jhunjhunwala from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.</p> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-callout paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--width--full callout-style--b" id="callout-1803"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="callout-body"> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1802 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>In tech, often they know they should be thinking about this, but don’t have much time and don’t quite know where to start and what sort of things it might practically entail.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1804 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>The publication explores the difference between values and ethics; highlights some examples and ways of working, which will help navigate ethical issues and some ideas on ethics in practice from companies in different tech areas.</p> <p>It showcases some accessible ideas of what ethics is, why it’s important now, even in these testing times, and how some companies approach ethical thinking in various tech sectors.</p> <p>Sprinkled in there are a few motivational quotes and cool ways to simply make it normal to discuss and resolve ethical dilemmas in small businesses.</p> <p>One of my favourite examples of how ethics can be translated into business strategy is the<a href="https://www.riversimple.com/" target="_blank"> Riversimple</a> company, which designs hydrogen cars.</p> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1807 paragraph--width--full paragraph--style--42-58"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column1"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-image paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1805 paragraph--width--full"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="field field--name-bp-image-field field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img alt="" title="" src="/files/bsp-images/paragraph/570.jpg" width="1536" height="710" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">The Riversimple company exhibits the benefits of applying ethics in business, Image: Riversimple</div> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column2"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1806 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>They have gone far beyond their core purpose to “To pursue, systematically, the elimination of the environmental impact of personal transport”.</p> <p>The amazing way they have aligned their entire business model, supply chain, governance and business processes towards this purpose provides a valuable learning opportunity about how to turn this way of thinking into a market advantage.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1808 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>All, while disrupting the sector and making a cool car in the process.</p> <blockquote> <p>There is massive potential in putting ethics on your business agenda.</p> <p>Ethical issues are a fantastic catalyst for innovative thinking - after all, innovation in all spheres invariably comes from problems identified and new ways found to solve them!</p> </blockquote> <p>I’m not sure you really ‘apply’ ethics, so much as decide to act upon a belief that issues of right and wrong - values and morals - have a place in business, particularly in relation to the business impact on people and planet.</p> <p>One of my co-authors, Dr Emad Yaghmaei, Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, has put it this way:</p> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1811 paragraph--width--full paragraph--style--66-33"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column1"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1809 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>“Ethics in my view is the integration of objective rights and subjective values into a common and contextual framework rather than only doing the right thinking in the research and innovation process and being a set of predefined rules impeding progress.</p> <p>Following this line, ethics concerns the analysis and integration of different values and norms into the design and development of research and innovation, which can trigger the execution of Responsible Innovation.”</p> <p>The five key focus areas that you will find in the booklet:</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column2"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-image paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1810 paragraph--width--full"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="field field--name-bp-image-field field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img alt="" title="" src="/files/bsp-images/paragraph/571.jpg" width="2835" height="1890" loading="lazy" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Dr Emad Yaghmaei, Senior Researcher at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1815 paragraph--width--full paragraph--style--58-42"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column1"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1812 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <ul><li>Ethics could be your biggest hidden commercial risk - so put it on your Risk Register.</li> <li>Find out what ethical issues matter to you.</li> <li>Start with values and work from there.</li> <li>Make it normal to discuss ethics and think about problems in advance.</li> <li>Be collaborative in resolving issues.</li> </ul><p>This is not the usual set of guidelines or a framework - there are plenty of those available already.</p> <p>It is designed for the step before that.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="paragraph--type--bp-columns-two-uneven__2col-column2"> <div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-callout paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--width--full callout-style--b" id="callout-1814"> <div class="paragraph__column"> <div class="callout-body"> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1813 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>We haven’t got a magic formula for every possible scenario; therefore, this booklet's focus is not on providing a long list of potential issues to scroll through, but about how organisations can find out for themselves what their relevant ethical issues are.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="classy-style--margin-bottom paragraph paragraph--type--bp-simple paragraph--view-mode--default paragraph--id--1816 paragraph--width--full" style=""> <div class="paragraph__column"> <p>Each organisation will have its own systems and processes and will need to find their way of dealing with them in the context of their sector, country, culture.</p> <p>Using the ‘<a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fc12cea2cf09257bd6dcc01/t/60005f6715b561354c4050e5/1610637159921/WEF+Tech+Ethics+Booklet+Final+Dec+2020.pdf" target="_blank">Tech Ethics for Start-Ups and SMEs</a>’ booklet teams could efficiently work in a collaborative process that would help them deal with dilemmas and find solutions to ethical problems.</p> <p>This free to use publication was officially launched on 28th January 2021, ready to make its way to innovators to create better innovations that would serve everyone better.</p> <p>We would love to do more to promote the guidelines and reach out to innovators.</p> <p>We welcome opportunities to do that and of course, funding to set up more events and platforms to bring these ideas to the attention of tech companies everywhere.”</p> <p> </p> </div> </div> <div>Footer</div> Interview <div class="field field--name-field-background-style field--type-list-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Background style</div> <div 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