Ethical Decision-making in Environmental and Water Resources Modeling

Technical Workshop
Ethical Decision-making in Environmental and Water Resources Modeling

Date: Friday, August 27th 2021
Time: 10am-12noon PST
Format: Virtual Zoom Meeting
Cost: $50
The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Brian Green of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University

Please join us for a CWEMF informational workshop on ethical decision-making in environmental and water resources modeling. The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Brian Green of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Dr. Green is the director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. His work is focused on the ethics of technology, including such topics as AI and ethics, the ethics of space exploration and use, the ethics of technological manipulation of humans, the ethics of mitigation of and adaptation towards risky emerging technologies (including ones with catastrophic risk potential), and various aspects of the impact of technology and engineering on human life and society. Green teaches AI ethics in the Graduate School of Engineering and formerly taught several other engineering ethics courses. He is co-author of the Ethics in Technology Practice corporate technology ethics resources.

The workshop will cover:

  • an overview of practical ethics and the identification of ethical issues that commonly
    appear in technology practice,
  • the MCAE’s ethical decision-making framework,
  • and a case study related to environmental and water resources modeling

For questions and additional information, please contact Anna Kladzyk Constantino at akladzykconstantino@flowwest.com.