Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work

This paper brings together a range of perspectives on the ethicalimplications for social work of the growing use of digital technologies, big data, artificial intelligence and other features of 'Industry 4.0' (the fourth industrial revolution). Drawing on contributions to a worksho...

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Authors: Banks, Sarah, Bertotti, Teresa, Forlenza, Daria, Gemara, Netanel, Reimer, Elizabeth, Segal, Michal, Shears, Jane, Sobocan, Ana M., Strom, Kimberly, Úriz Pemán, María Jesús, Yamaguchi, Mai
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Publication Date:2025
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Pública de Navarra
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Keyword:Social work
Slow ethics
Industry 4.0
Digital technology
Artificial intelligence (AI)
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spelling Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social workBanks, SarahBertotti, TeresaForlenza, DariaGemara, NetanelReimer, ElizabethSegal, MichalShears, JaneSobocan, Ana M.Strom, KimberlyÚriz Pemán, María JesúsYamaguchi, MaiSocial workSlow ethicsIndustry 4.0Digital technologyArtificial intelligence (AI)This paper brings together a range of perspectives on the ethicalimplications for social work of the growing use of digital technologies, big data, artificial intelligence and other features of 'Industry 4.0' (the fourth industrial revolution). Drawing on contributions to a workshop co-organised by the Ethics and Social Welfare journal, contributors explore: the nature and importance 'slow ethics' in an age of fast technological developments; ethical challenges for social work with the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, which outlaws digital communications; the empowering effect of online meetings for a young person in Italy; and the possibilities and limitations of using algorithms in mental capacity assessments and in ethical decision-making more broadly. Stimulated by these examples, the concluding discussion considers how to maintain a person-centred approach in social work, being pro-active in developing positive uses and resisting the de-humanising and exclusionary impacts of digital technologies.RoutledgeSociología y Trabajo SocialSoziologia eta Gizarte LanaInstitute for Advanced Social Research - ICOMMUNITAS2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2454/54392reponame:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarrainstname:Universidad Pública de NavarraInglés© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in anymedium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/543922026-06-17T12:41:47Z
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title Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work
spellingShingle Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work
Banks, Sarah
Social work
Slow ethics
Industry 4.0
Digital technology
Artificial intelligence (AI)
title_short Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work
title_full Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work
title_fullStr Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work
title_full_unstemmed Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work
title_sort Slow ethics in an age of fast technology: the ethical implications of Industry 4.0 for social work
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Banks, Sarah
Bertotti, Teresa
Forlenza, Daria
Gemara, Netanel
Reimer, Elizabeth
Segal, Michal
Shears, Jane
Sobocan, Ana M.
Strom, Kimberly
Úriz Pemán, María Jesús
Yamaguchi, Mai
author Banks, Sarah
author_facet Banks, Sarah
Bertotti, Teresa
Forlenza, Daria
Gemara, Netanel
Reimer, Elizabeth
Segal, Michal
Shears, Jane
Sobocan, Ana M.
Strom, Kimberly
Úriz Pemán, María Jesús
Yamaguchi, Mai
author_role author
author2 Bertotti, Teresa
Forlenza, Daria
Gemara, Netanel
Reimer, Elizabeth
Segal, Michal
Shears, Jane
Sobocan, Ana M.
Strom, Kimberly
Úriz Pemán, María Jesús
Yamaguchi, Mai
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Sociología y Trabajo Social
Soziologia eta Gizarte Lana
Institute for Advanced Social Research - ICOMMUNITAS
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Social work
Slow ethics
Industry 4.0
Digital technology
Artificial intelligence (AI)
topic Social work
Slow ethics
Industry 4.0
Digital technology
Artificial intelligence (AI)
description This paper brings together a range of perspectives on the ethicalimplications for social work of the growing use of digital technologies, big data, artificial intelligence and other features of 'Industry 4.0' (the fourth industrial revolution). Drawing on contributions to a workshop co-organised by the Ethics and Social Welfare journal, contributors explore: the nature and importance 'slow ethics' in an age of fast technological developments; ethical challenges for social work with the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, which outlaws digital communications; the empowering effect of online meetings for a young person in Italy; and the possibilities and limitations of using algorithms in mental capacity assessments and in ethical decision-making more broadly. Stimulated by these examples, the concluding discussion considers how to maintain a person-centred approach in social work, being pro-active in developing positive uses and resisting the de-humanising and exclusionary impacts of digital technologies.
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