Book
Review: Ethics of Big Data by Kord Davis
and Doug Patterson: Publisher- O'Reilly: ISBN- 13: 978-1449311797
Ethics of Big Data is one of the rare books
which bring up question of ethics in business to engineering level.
Though book title is confusing, it should be
something like “Ethics of Personal Data” to characterize its content more
accurately and ethically. It seems author wanted to ride on Big Data wave.
Book covers ethical question from four
dimensions:
- Privacy,
- Identity,
- Ownership, and
- Reputation
in a very comprehensive manner. Author misses one vital dimension – Public/Social Good. Though I am trained
in philosophy but I find any ethical discussion which is devoured of
social/public good vey hollow.
Kord tracks the ethical question in very
smart way and avoids being prescriptive but advice on periphery so business
specific solutions can be devised and implemented.
Disclaimer: I did not get paid
to review this book, and I do not stand to gain anything if you buy the book. I
got electronic format of book from publisher for review.
One
can get more information about book and related topics from:
- Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Big-Data-Balancing-Innovation/dp/1449311792
- Publisher -- Oreilly http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920021872.do
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