Slow ethics in an age of fast technology : the ethical implications of industry 4.0 for social work

Banks, Sarah (avtor), Sobočan, Ana Marija (avtor), Bertotti, Teresa (avtor), Shears, Jane (avtor), Strom-Gottfried, Kimberly (avtor)

This paper brings together a range of perspectives on the ethical implications for social work of the growing use of digital technologies, big data, artificial intelligence and other features of ‘Industry 4.0’ (the fourth industrial revolution). Drawing on contributions to a workshop co-organised by the Ethics and Social Welfare journal, contributors explore: the nature and importance "slow ethics" in an age of fast technological developments; ethical challenges for social work with the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, which outlaws digital communications; the empowering effect of online meetings for a young person in Italy; and the possibilities and limitations of using algorithms in mental capacity assessments and in ethical decision-making more broadly. Stimulated by these examples, the concluding discussion considers how to maintain a person-centred approach in social work, being pro-active in developing positive uses and resisting the de-humanising and exclusionary impacts of digital technologies.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: social work, slow ethics, digital technology, artificial intelligence
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FSD - Fakulteta za socialno delo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 137-155
• Številčenje: Vol. 19, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-171210
• UDK: 364:17
• ISSN pri članku: 1749-6543
• DOI: 10.1080/17496535.2025.2512949
• COBISS.SI-ID: 239945219
• Datum objave v RUL: 19.08.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Ethics & social welfare
• Založnik: Routledge
• ISSN: 1749-6543
• COBISS.SI-ID: 518833177

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: socialno delo, etika, digitalna tehnologija, umetna inteligenca