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Week 4

Ethical Frameworks for AI in Research

Ethics, ubuntu, transparency, and the just-AI framework

2 arXiv papers downloaded; 4 journal items (Birhane Patterns, two Nature comments, Lund JASIST) listed as DOI links because the publishers don't expose direct PDF endpoints.

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4.1 · Ethical Frameworks and Four Lenses

The Global Landscape of AI Ethics Guidelines
Jobin, A., Ienca, M., & Vayena, E. (2019) — Nature Machine Intelligence

4.2 · Ubuntu, Relational Ethics and the Just AI Framework

The Esethu Framework: Reimagining Sustainable Dataset Governance and Curation for Low-Resource Languages
Rajab, J., Aremu, A., Chimoto, E. A., et al. (2025)

4.3 · Transparency, Authorship and Integrity

Built around journal policy comparisons (Nature, Science, IEEE, ACM, Elsevier, PLOS) which are policies, not papers.

4.4 · Applying Ethics: Case Studies and Your Framework

Case-study material only.

4.5 · The Broader Landscape of AI Ethics (supplementary)

Links to organisations and frameworks rather than primary papers.

Other references in Week 4 are not academic papers in the strict sense:

Linked but not redistributed

Birhane, A. (2021). Algorithmic Injustice: A Relational Ethics Approach. Patterns 2(2). DOI:10.1016/j.patter.2021.100205 4.1, 4.2
Open access at Cell Press but no direct PDF endpoint without their auth flow. Click through the DOI.
Nature Editorial (2023). Tools Such as ChatGPT Threaten Transparent Science; Here Are Our Ground Rules. Nature 613. DOI:10.1038/d41586-023-00191-1 4.1, 4.3
Free to read on Nature.com; comments don’t have a redistributable PDF.
van Dis, E. A. M., et al. (2023). ChatGPT: Five Priorities for Research. Nature 614. DOI:10.1038/d41586-023-00288-7 4.1, 4.3
Free to read; same constraint as above.
Lund, B. D., et al. (2023). ChatGPT and a New Academic Reality. JASIST. DOI:10.1002/asi.24895 4.1, 4.3
Wiley paywalled; UCT library has a Wiley subscription.