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Intelligent Working Environments, Handling of Medical Data and the Ethics of Human Resources

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Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence

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The development of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) will radically transform our everyday life and social representations. These transformations will notably impact the working environment. The objective of this paper is to offer a first survey of the main ethical issues raised by the development of intelligent working environments (IWEs). It especially focuses on the capacity of such environments to collect and handle personal medical data. The first section describes the features of intelligent environments in general and presents some of their applications at the workplace. The second section of this paper points out some of the main ethical issues raised by these environments and their capacity to collect and handle medical data. The third and final section attempts to offer some elements of reflection regarding the ethical principles that should guide the development of IWEs in the future.

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  1. School of Business and Engineering Vaud, Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland

    Céline Ehrwein Nihan

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  1. Dept. Computer Science &, Intelligent Systems, Osaka Prefecture University, Gakuen-chu 1-1, Sakai, Osaka, 599-8531, Japan

    Sigeru Omatu

  2. , Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Juan F. De Paz Santana

  3. , Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Sara Rodríguez González

  4. Escuela Politécnica Superior (EPS), Depto. Informática, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Avenida de la Universidad Carloss III 22, Madrid, 28270, Spain

    Jose M. Molina

  5. , Data Processing and Simulation Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Calle de Ramiro de Maeztu, 7, Madrid, 28040, Spain

    Ana M. Bernardos

  6. Faculty of Science, Department of Computing Science, University of Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced S/N, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Juan M. Corchado Rodríguez

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Nihan, C.E. (2012). Intelligent Working Environments, Handling of Medical Data and the Ethics of Human Resources. In: Omatu, S., De Paz Santana, J., González, S., Molina, J., Bernardos, A., Rodríguez, J. (eds) Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 151. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28765-7_51

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