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Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Technology Ethics Cases

Find case studies illustrating dilemmas in technology and ethics.

Case studies are also available on Internet Ethics.

For permission to reprint cases, submit requests to ethics@scu.edu.

Looking to draft your own case studies? This template provides the basics for writing ethics case studies in technology (though with some modification it could be used in other fields as well).

  • An Ethics Case Study

    Image generation tools and day-to-day emissions of using AI have environmental consequences.

  • An Ethics Case Study

    A fitness tracker aimed at children raises issues of design ethics, incentives, and more.

  • An Ethics Case Study

    AI-generated text, voices, and images used for entertainment productions and impersonation raise ethical questions.

  • A Tech Ethics Case Study

    Ethical questions arise in interactions among students, instructors, administrators, and providers of AI tools.

  • A VR Ethics Case Study

    Which stakeholders might benefit from a new age of VR “travel”? Which stakeholders might be harmed?

  • Case study on the history making GameStop short and stock price surge that occurred during January 2021.

  • A Cybersecurity Ethics Case Study

    As PunkSpider is pending re-release, ethical issues are considered about a tool that is able to spot and share vulnerabilities on the web, opening those results to the public.

  • A VR Ethics Case Study

    With URVR recipients can capture and share 360 3D moments and live them out together.

  • A VR Ethics Case Study

    VR rage rooms may provide therapeutic and inexpensive benefits while also raising ethical questions.

  • A VR Ethics Case Study

    A VR dating app intended to help ease the stress and awkwardness of early dating in a safe and comfortable way.

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