Leaders from Deloitte and Notre Dame convened for the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership’s (NDDCEL) first Mini-Summit on Ethical AI
Hosted at Deloitte's Leadership Center, Deloitte University, the Mini-Summit reflected NDDCEL’s mission to connect innovative scholarship with leading business practices. The objective of the Mini-Summit was to convene thought leaders from academia and industry to work toward developing resources that can help provide actionable guidance to companies for AI use.
Faculty and scholars from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business shared insights from cutting-edge research into artificial intelligence. Leading the discussion were Ahmed Abbasi, Joe & Jane Giovanini Professor of IT, Analytics and Operations (ITAO), co-director of the Human-centered Analytics Lab (HAL), and academic director for the PhD Program in Analytics; Nick Berente, senior associate dean and ITAO professor; Jessica McManus Warnell, faculty director of the NDDCEL and teaching professor of Management & Organization; and Marialena Bevilacqua, PhD candidate in Analytics.
Deloitte leaders highlighted business trends and shared industry insights, including Edward Bowen, managing director, Deloitte & Touche LLP and Managing Director of Deloitte's AI Center of Excellence; Michael Crowthers, managing director, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Life Sciences Digital Quality & Compliance; Michael Rossen, managing director, Deloitte LLP, in Deloitte's Ethics Office; and Sanmitra Bhattacharya, vice president for Data Science.
NDDCEL’s McManus explains the concept behind this first Mini-Summit:
"The future of these complex and innovative technologies holds tremendous potential for expanding the capacities of our businesses and enhancing their positive impact. It is critical to connect experts from industry and researchers from academia who are leading these discoveries, and together put ethical considerations at the forefront."
Rossen of Deloitte’s Ethics Office discussed the intersection of ethics and AI:
“Organizations are increasingly leveraging AI technologies to drive innovation, enhance operational efficiency, and deliver value. However, with AI’s transformative opportunity comes the potential for unethical use and other concerns that can bring about increased risk to an organization.”
Read more about the Mendoza College of Business approach to responsible AI.
About Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business
Undergraduate and graduate programs at the Mendoza College of Business offer a variety of departments and concentrations with the aim of forming ethical business leaders. Aligned with its commitment to business for good, the Mendoza College of Business is advancing ethical and responsible AI through rigorous research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and dedicated coursework, helping to shape the conversation on ethical AI across academia, industry and policy.
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