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MARCH 5, 2020

Original post Since we started the Digital Civil Society Lab I’ve been invited to countless conferences, workshops, and philanthropic or corporate launches of “some kind of tech” for “some kind of good.” What commercial applications call externalities, civil society and the public sector exist to address.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2024

It’s time to work shoulder-to-shoulder with civil society and government to do the big, urgent work that no sector can accomplish alone, to adopt entirely new systems of operating that enable all people to thrive and reach their full potential and protect our natural environment.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 2, 2013

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) :: @ PETA. Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. 10×10 :: @ 10x10Act.

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The NonProfit Times

JULY 17, 2024

The effectiveness of AI tools also requires grappling with responsible AI considerations, including ethical principles, risks, and data privacy. This emphasizes the need for co-creation to ensure AI-driven solutions are sensitive to and effective in addressing diverse social contexts and challenges.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

We both have worked across a variety of disciplines, including teaching, ethics, economics, architecture, and design. By Luz María Velázquez & Patricia Torres We are Lumi and Paty. Our stories are different, but they have similarities. And although we belong to different generations, we share a culture and experiences as Mexican women.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 12, 2023

SSIR ’s 2023 Data on Purpose conference, Making Tech Work for Workers , will happen online May 2-3 and feature many of the worker organizations leading the movement to build a more just and equitable economy in conversation with some of the sharpest minds in academia, civil society, and the public and private sectors.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 26, 2023

Civil society and humanitarian organizations are attuned to the reality that these streams of people generate massive amounts of data that can, for instance, help channel aid to the neediest, predict disease outbreaks, and much more.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Solidarity economies are most often associated with ethical, cooperative economic practices, like local currencies, community land trusts, community gardens, fair trade, and cooperatives. In some locations, solidarity economy is institutionalized and recognized by the state but in others involves civil society and informal practices.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By Shaista Keating and Chloe Mankin The rapid evolution and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) offer both opportunities and challenges to civil society, particularly concerning responsible and ethical usage. Foundational efforts in these areas are underway.

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Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Overcoming these obstacles requires collaboration between technology leaders, domain experts, ethicists, regulators, and civil society organizations. The collaboration of various stakeholders is crucial to ensure the responsible and ethical integration of AI and ML into our daily lives and industries.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 4, 2024

To establish effective AI governance, then, is the challenge for civil society organizations and social innovators. This entails determining the frameworks and structures we need to build to effectively organize and govern society amid rapid technological change and unchecked power consolidation. We need a new roadmap.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Another example of building civil service capabilities is Apolitical, a certified B corporation backed by impact investors, which aims to build the capabilities for civil servants across the globe through online courses, events, and knowledge products, and has reached over 200,000 civil servants in 160 countries.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Most obviously, funders working in specific issue areas—climate, health, education, or in my case, democracy—can work to support efforts downstream to prepare government and civil society in their respective sectors to take advantage of the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI on their specific areas of concern.

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NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Imagine a civil society in which communities, individuals, and leaders (nonprofit, social movement, philanthropy, business, education, and more) regularly engage in the process of self-examination for the sake of improving our world. The six components are as follows: Figure 1: Racial Literacy Development Model. ©Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 1, 2024

Ethical and legal concerns around genetic sequencing were also addressed and mitigated through the creation of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program , which required five percent of the annual HGP budget to be allocated to address emerging ELSI.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

In trying to ensure that the rapid growth of technology is something that will benefit workers and societies as much as entrepreneurs and executives, there’s a role for all of us: employers and workers, academics and governments, as well as investors committed to seeing the technology they fund be used to increase the common good.

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The NonProfit Times

JUNE 3, 2024

That was the topline conclusion of The Council for a Fair Data Future, a consortium of academics, civil society stakeholders, policymakers and technologists brought together under the umbrella of the Aspen Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based based organization thinktank. The issues examined by the council went beyond opportunities.

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NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2025

Compiling a comprehensive list of civil society targets under a hostile government puts lives at stake. In short, the article violates a core principle of journalistic ethics: minimize harm. Journalism Needs Ethical Standards Now I think every day about the responsibilities of nonprofit journalists who serve civil society.

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NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This can only be remedied by gathering more inclusive data and implementing ethical AI practices prioritizing diversity and equity. Partnerships between governments, the private sector, and civil society are essential to creating an ecosystem where innovation aligns with the broader goal of health equity.

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The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Despite the many constraints, civil society is doing everything it can to keep going, according to data from CIVICUS in its State of the Civil Society Report 2024. One in six people are currently exposed to conflict. Conflict-related deaths are at their highest in decades, with civilian casualties up 62% in 2023.

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