An Ethics Ecosystem for AI

This article diagnoses ethical failures associated with AI as resulting from the lack of a robust ethics ecosystem . Drawing on the domain of health and healthcare, we identify the components of a functioning ecosystem and explain how an ecosystemic approach helps to manage the scale of the ethical challenges in the domain of AI relative to more typical alternatives.

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Communications of the ACM
Published
2026-11-09
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3812806
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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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An Ethics Ecosystem for AI

John Basl, Jeff Behrends
Communications of the ACM
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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An Ethics Ecosystem for AI

John Basl, Jeff Behrends
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Abstract

This article diagnoses ethical failures associated with AI as resulting from the lack of a robust ethics ecosystem . Drawing on the domain of health and healthcare, we identify the components of a functioning ecosystem and explain how an ecosystemic approach helps to manage the scale of the ethical challenges in the domain of AI relative to more typical alternatives.

Communications of the ACM
Northeastern University (US), Harvard University (US)
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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