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Social Responsibility

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The concept of social responsibility allows individuals to work with integrity and understand the broader social implications of their decisions and actions. Here is information to help bolster skills in this area including your ability to:

  • Use ethical reasoning as a driver of appropriate actions
  • Recognize social and environmental impacts of actions
  • Consider the economic and governmental context of actions

A new resource for teaching responsible technology development

Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing | MIT News

The Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing publishes a collection of original pedagogical materials developed for instructional use on MIT OpenCourseWare.

Read the full article on MIT News.

By Simona Rosu
Simona Rosu Senior Assistant Director, Postdoctoral Career and Professional Development
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Lindsey Backman: Biochemist, mentor, and advocate

Hannah Meiseles | MIT News Office

Publication Date: September 28, 2021

The PhD candidate studies the human microbiome and its proteins, while also championing the Latinx community on MIT’s campus. Raised in Tampa, Florida, Lindsey Backman takes pride in her family’s …

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Featured Resources

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The Council of Graduate Schools has created a social justice and anti-racism resource list intended to help support reflection, dialogue, …

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With a student-centered approach, the Social Justice Programming & Cross Cultural Engagement Intercultural Center (SPXCE, pronounced “space”) works to foster …

A list of resources comprised by MIT IDEAS, the PKG Public Service Center’s social responsibility initiative.

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