Ethics in Modeling

By: William A. Wallace (Editor)

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Hardcover | 27 May 1994

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The use of mathematical models to support decision making is proliferating in both the public and private sectors. Advances in computer technology and greater opportunities to learn the appropriate techniques are extending modeling capabilities to more and more people.

As powerful decision aids, models can be both beneficial or harmful. At present, few safeguards exist to prevent model builders or users from deliberately, carelessly, or recklessly manipulating data to further their own ends. Perhaps more importantly, few people understand or appreciate that harm can be caused when builders or users fail to recognize the values and assumptions on which a model is based or fail to take into account all the groups who would be affected by a model's results.

This volume provides a setting for a dialogue about ethics and shows the need to continue and define a vocabulary for exploring ethical concerns. It will become increasingly important for model builders and users to have a clear and strong code of ethics to guide them in making the ethical decisions they surely will have to face.

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This collection of essays makes very interesting reading, reminding us of the ubiquity of modeling in our lives today and of the ethical considerations required of modelers and statisticians.
Journal of the American Statistical Association
T.G. Groleau, Bethel College, Indiana
In summary, Ethics in Modeling does a good job of unveiling the ethical aspects of modeling and covers ethics from many angles. While most chapters would be beyond the grasp of the average undergraduate, they could make good background for a graduate seminar. The book is thought provoking and, at times, deeply philosophical. Anyone doing active modeling research would benefit by taking some time to dwell on these issues.

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Non-Fiction Mathematics Applied Mathematics Mathematical Modelling Philosophy Ethics & Moral Philosophy Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Social Research & Statistics Calculus & Mathematical Analysis Business & Management Business Ethics & Social Responsibility

Computing & I.T.Computer Science

Introduction
How Do the Construction and/or Interpretation of Models Affect Our Decisions? Uses of modeling in science and society
An epistemological view of decision aid technology with emphasis on expert systems
Models in the public sector: success, failure, and ethical behavior
How Do Values Become Incorporated in Models? Rhetoric and rigor in macroeconomic models: populist and orthodox swings in Latin America
Ethical and modeling considerations in correcting the results of the 1990 decennial census
The role of models in managerial decision making, never say the model says
What Are the Ethical Responsibilities of Model Builders? From model building to risk management: evolving standards of professional responsibility
On model building
Morality and models
One-sided practice, can we do better?
Where Do We Go from Here? Ethical concerns and ethical answers
Responsible policy modeling
Society's role in the ethics of modeling
Authors
Ethics in Modeling Workshop agenda
Ethics in Modeling Workshop Participants
Author Index
Subject Index
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