Jessica Pachuta and Dror Yaron are Innovation Ethics Coaches and the Founders of Ethics MVP. They previously worked for more than a decade at the CREATE Lab at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, looking at the role of technology in society. Jessica worked as the Pilot Project Manager and Co-Director of CREATE Lab and holds a Master’s in Entrepreneurship and Project Management from Chatham University. Dror was the Director of Outreach for CREATE Lab and previously worked as a freelance photographer and journalist.

Jessica and Dror join me today to discuss how to innovate ethically. They share how the educational system is receiving the mindset of values-driven and human benefiting technology. Jessica highlights why we need to include time to stop and consider the unintended consequences of technology during innovation, research, and development cycles. Dror explores the relationship between ethics and values and the social contract. We also discuss a framework for business ethics and decision making and highlight which decisions are sustainable.

“Your ethics become your values in action.” - Jessica Pachuta

This week on Insert:Human

• How the educational system responded to the prospects of values-driven technology and why we need to humanize education
• Why we need to make time to consider the unintended consequences during R&D and innovation cycles
• Examining and understanding your ethics, culture, and values and putting these into action
• Why it is crucial to adopt an ethics-driven business lifestyle and enroll the whole ecosystem
• The links between screen-time addiction and mental health issues
• The three business ethics questions to ask, according to Professor John Hooker

Resources Mentioned:

• The Wall Street Journal: Digital Addictions Are Drowning Us in Dopamine
• Book: Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke

Connect with Jessica Pachuta:

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• Jessica Pachuta on LinkedIn

Connect with Dror Yaron:

• Ethics MVP
• Ethics MVP on LinkedIn
• Ethics MVP on Twitter
• Dror Yaron on LinkedIn

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