Ethical Thinkingv2026.5.17

A company plans to deploy an ML resume screener and needs a structured ethical pass to map affected candidates, value tensions between efficiency and equal opportunity, power asymmetries against applicants, and fair process options. The skill produces tradeoff transparency and safeguards before launch.

A product team launching a data-hungry feature requests a harm scan covering direct, indirect, and future users, consent and privacy duties, and reversibility of data exposure. The skill compresses Values while still addressing Justice and Power before recommending options with safeguards.

Government advisors weigh a policy restricting movement during an outbreak and ask for a values-based review of stakeholder burdens, beneficence versus autonomy tensions, and procedural fairness for affected communities. The skill surfaces conditional recommendations and monitoring signals.

A biotech firm designing a trial needs review of stakeholder vulnerability, informed consent, distribution of burdens and benefits, and whether a placebo arm is justifiable. The skill flags legal review where regulation binds and recommends oversight processes if values clash.

A social platform reworking its hate speech rules asks should-we questions beyond legality, including voice, appeal rights, and error costs borne by marginalized groups. The skill maps value tensions between safety and expression and proposes ethically distinct paths with residual harm noted.

Consulting firm that runs structured ethical passes on client AI systems, products, and policies, producing stakeholder maps, value tension analyses, and safeguard recommendations. Positions output as transparent tradeoffs rather than certification, and flags legal review where needed.

SaaS tool that embeds the stakeholder-to-recommendation lens workflow into product and policy review boards, with templates for harm scans, consent checks, and monitoring plans. Integrates with ticketing and records dissenting considerations for audit trails.

Education business offering courses and workshops that teach teams the lens sequence, checklist verification, and how to distinguish predicted versus observed harms. Certifies practitioners who can facilitate internal ethical reviews.