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Ethical Implications of AI in Consulting: A Deep Dive

Tom Spencer

While AI has the potential to bring significant benefits, it also raises important ethical questions. This article will explore some of the ethical implications of AI in consulting, and discuss potential ways to address these concerns. Potential for bias One of the main ethical concerns with AI systems is the potential for bias.

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Consulting Ethics Challenges

The Consultants Peer Group

Where’s the lead sentence of my March 28, 2023 Blog, Consulting Ethics Concern Once Again , “Lack of consulting ethics once again. I went on to describe some recent consulting ethics lapses and proposed fixes. Peter Westlund CMC® showed a path to avoid these ethical traps through professionalism.

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AI’s Trust Problem

Harvard Business

Consider 12 leading concerns: disinformation, safety and security, the black box problem, ethical concerns, bias, instability, hallucinations in LLMs, unknown unknowns, potential job losses and social inequalities, environmental impact, industry concentration, and state overreach. Each of these issues is complex — and not easy to solve.

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Bridging the Gap: From the Consulting Industry to the Management Consulting Profession

Effective Managers

This distinction is crucial, as it separates those who simply sell hours for dollars from those committed to a higher standard of service, ethics, and accountability. While this model has its merits, including flexibility and a wide array of services, it lacks a unified set of standards or ethical guidelines.

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Five Ways to Raise your Game in Consulting

The Consultants Peer Group

Over a short two-day span several consulting related articles caught my attention. My colleagues and I see five parts: Adhere to an Enforceable Code of Ethics ; Adhere to an international Consulting Competence Framework ; Adhere to a professional Code of Conduct ; Become a Certified Management Consultant®; and Trained in ISO 20700.

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Five Ways to Raise your Game in Consulting - Part 7

The Consultants Peer Group

In this series I have outlined not only these very public ethics lapses but also present five ways you, as a management consulting professional, can distance, or differentiate, you and your practice from others who are not so inclined. Do you adhere to a Code of Ethics, a Consulting Competence Framework, and a Code of Conduct.

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AI in Consulting: The Beginning of a New Era

Tom Spencer

This article will provide a basic introduction to AI as it relates to the consulting industry and explore some key concepts and applications that every consultant should be familiar with. AI systems are only as good as the data they are trained on. In addition, AI raises new ethical and legal issues.