Defining "Ethical Mathematical Practice" Through Engagement with Discipline-Adjacent Practice Standards and the Mathematical Community.
This project explored what constitutes "ethical practice of mathematics". Thematic analysis of ethical practice standards from mathematics-adjacent disciplines (statistics and computing), were combined with two organizational codes of conduct and community input resulting in over 100 items. These an...
| Published in: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 1 - 32 |
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