SUMMARY
Embark on a riveting exploration of ethical decision-making in the tech realm. Delve into the impactful choices we face—deciding who to work for, what projects to engage in, and how to design them. Join me in uncovering the profound repercussions these decisions have on our world. From arms development to city administration systems, medical software or trading software every design decision and delivery action shapes the future. Discover a scientifically grounded framework that transcends the complexities of ethical decision-making and provides guidance for individuals, teams and organisations on how to make mindful, ethically sound choices.

DESCRIPTION
I will start this talk by illustrating the conundrum of making ethical decisions of who to work for, what to work on and what to design and implement, with a range of examples from my own career.
I will then make the proposal that there is an objective, scientific even, framework to guide these decisions. I will argue that we should optimise for overall ‘wellbeing of conscious creatures’, and that ethically sound decisions are those that move us towards that goal.
I will demonstrate why ethical decision making is in everyone’s interest, and show that ultimately, it is all about ‘what world we want to live in’. I will demonstrate that (and why) mindful, considered, ethical decisions ultimately lead to objectively ‘better’ outcomes, and that there is a scientific way to approach this.
I will illustrate my arguments with industry case studies spanning Amazon, bike sharing, FTX, Defense Distributed, and Theranos, but also my own experiences in FinTech, Drypto, defence, MedTech, Edtech and Retail.
Each example will illustrate an ethical conundrum with either the value proposition itself or with its solution design and implementation. We will also see that best practices such as innovation, scaling or automation (just to name some) are often a double-edge sword.
I will then introduce an ethics framework that individuals and teams can use to guide their decision making and conclude the talk with practical recommendations on how to move towards applying such a framework across teams I will then introduce an ethics framework that individuals and teams can use to guide their decision making and conclude the talk with practical recommendations on how to move towards applying such a framework across teams and organisations.

TAKEAWAY
Participants in my talk will
- Gain awareness of product related ethical conundrums
- Gain a robust north star' for ethical decision-making in their careers
- Walk away with a practical ethics framework for fostering mindfulness and ethical decision-making in their professional journeys