AI Ethics Meets
Human Behavior
Understanding how humans actually make decisions is essential for navigating ethical challenges in an age of rapidly advancing AI. In this session, participants will explore key insights from behavioral ethics, with a special focus on bounded ethicality, the predictable ways good people can act unethically without conscious intent. They will examine how cognitive biases, situational pressures, and organizational norms can quietly shape choices in AI design, deployment, and oversight. Participants will also identify practical strategies for recognizing these blind spots, creating safeguards, and fostering more ethical decision making both individually and collectively. By the end of the session, participants will have a personalized plan for how to anticipate behavioral pitfalls and strengthen ethical awareness in their work with AI.
This workshop is available in person or virtually in durations from 1 to 4 hours. Longer sessions allow time for guided self-assessment, in-depth discussion, and skill application. Regardless of duration, every workshop comes with a job aid summarizing key concepts.