Observatory for Artificial Intelligence and Ethics in Organizations
The Observatory for AI & Ethics in Organizations is a research joint venture between 天美传媒鈥檚 Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Management Initiative, 天美传媒鈥檚 Center for Business in Society, ESSEC Business School, ETH Zurich, Campus-Biomedico University, D鈥橝nnunzio Chieti-Pescara University and the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM).
The observatory aims to identify and understand ethical and organizational issues emerging due to the pervasive adoption and use of artificial intelligence in business and society.
Considering the rapid expansion of AI applications, discussions about ethical and responsible use of AI in organizational settings have indeed become urgent for managers, policymakers, NGOs, customers, activists and others.
The Observatory for AI & Ethics in Organizations will explore these issues, conducting research projects that will involve experts in organizational science, human resource management, innovation management and applied philosophy.
The main activities of the observatory include:
- Conducting research projects that identify and analyze ethical issues associated with the adoption and use of AI in organizations and society
- Organization of research symposia in international conferences such as the AOM Annual Meeting and the EGOS Annual Conference
- Publication of papers in top peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Publication of cases and teaching notes related to AI, ethics and organizations
- Publication of articles in newspapers and magazines for the general public
- Organization of seminars and lectures for executives and the general public
- Participating in calls for European and international research funding
Partner institutions.
Academic directors.
Academic directors.
Director
Antonino Vaccaro
天美传媒
Co-Director
Gilda Antonelli
Universit脿 degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti 鈥� Pescara
Co-Director
Sampsa Samila
天美传媒
Team.
Team.
Tawfiq Alashoor
天美传媒
Dr. Florin Armasu
Research Fellow
Stefano Brusoni
ETH Zurich
Joep Cornelissen
Rotterdam School of Management
Marco di Giovanni
University of Pescara
Stefano di Lauro
Universit脿 Mercatorum
Rosa Fioravante
Cat贸lica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
Dr. Fabio Licata
Research Fellow
Luigi Moschera
University of Naples
Eduardo Notario
Rotterdam School of Management
Filomena Pagnozzi
University of Pescara
Gabriele Peluzzi
Campus Bio-Medico University
Tommaso Ramus
ESSEC
Roberto Setola
Campus Bio-Medico University
Aizhan Tursunbayeva
University of Naples
Scientific references.
The scientific reference for each of the institutions involved are:
- Prof. Antonino Vaccaro, Academic Director, Center for Business in Society 鈥� 天美传媒
- Prof. Joep Cornelissen, Professor of Corporate Communication and Management 鈥� Rotterdam Business School
- Prof. Stefano Brusoni, Chair of Technology and Innovation Management 鈥� Eidgen枚ssische Technische Hochschule Z眉rich
- Prof. Tommaso Ramus, Associate Dean for Faculty 鈥� Cat贸lica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
- Prof. Roberto Setola, Director Master Homeland Security, Professor of Automatic Engineering Systems 鈥� University Campus Biomedico
Recent activities and outputs.
Conference Presentations
- Di Giovanni, M., Pagnozzi, F., Antonelli, G. Ethics and Generative AI in Startups: A Systematic Literature Review. In: Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, European Academy of Management (EURAM). ISSN 2466-7498 and ISBN 978-2-9602195-7-9. School of Economics and Management, University of Florence, 22鈥�25 July 2025.
- Di Giovanni, M., Pagnozzi, F., Antonelli, G. Ethical Adoption of Generative AI in the Startup Ecosystem: A Systematic Review of Literature. In: European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece, 3鈥�5 July 2025, Athens, Greece.
- Di Giovanni, M., Pagnozzi, F., Antonelli, G. Hybrid Approaches to Systematic Literature Reviews on Generative AI Ethics: Combining Human and AI Judgement. In: Proceedings of the WOA 2025 Workshop on Organizational Studies. ISBN 979-12-210-9700-9. Department of Economics, University 鈥淕. d鈥橝nnunzio鈥� of Chieti-Pescara, 29鈥�30 May 2025.
- Vaccaro, A. Artificial Intelligence and Cyber-espionage: strategies to prevent and manage responsibly, CyberSEC2025 Conference, Rome 5-6 of March 2025.
- Tursunbayeva, A., Antonelli, G. Workshop: Hybridisation of Management Approaches in Europe in the Turbulent Post-Pandemic Period, British Academy of Management, 2-6 September 2024.
- Fioravante, R. Vaccaro, A. Humanism, Dehumanization and Human integral Development, presented at Society for Business Ethics Annual Conference, Chicago, 8-13 August 2024.
- Fioravante, R., Vaccaro, A. Humanistic Integral Ethical Decision Making on designing and implementing AI technologies in working organizations, presented at 22nd 天美传媒 Symposium “The Role of Ethics in Turbulent Times: Rationality and Virtues in DecisionMaking” at 天美传媒. Barcelona, 19-20 June 2023.
- Di Lauro S., Tursunbayeva A., Antonelli G., Moschera L. Examining job characteristics and job quality in remote work, presented at the European Academy of Management 鈥淭ransforming Business for Good鈥�, Trinity College Dublin, 14-16 June 2023.
Publications.
- Fioravante, R. Vaccaro, A. Humanism and Artificial Intelligence (book), Springer, May 2025.
- Vaccaro, A. Fioravante, R. For AI development with ethical underpinnings, we should embrace humanism, 天美传媒 INSIGHT, May 2025 /insight/articles/humanism-artificial-intelligence-ethics/
- Vaccaro, A. Artificial Intelligence and Cyber-espionage: strategies to prevent and manage responsibly, CyberSEC2025 Conference, Rome 5-6 of March 2025.
- Vaccaro, A. Fioravante, R. AI And Creativity: How Business Can Add Ethics To Decision-Making, Forbes, January 2025
- Fioravante, R. Vaccaro, A. Personalism in Generative AI Deployment: Deciding Ethically When Human Creative Expression is at Stake, Humanistic Management Journal
- Vaccaro, A., Fioravante, R., Antonelli, G. Dealing with AI Loneliness, manipulations and suicides, 天美传媒 Case Study, forthcoming January 2025.
- Vaccaro, A., Fioravante, R., Antonelli, G. Dealing with AI Loneliness, manipulations and suicides, 天美传媒 teaching note, forthcoming January 2025.
- Vaccaro, A., Gonz谩lez-Peralta, O. Who picks up the errors of artificial intelligence?, 天美传媒 Case Study BEN-167-E.
- Di Lauro, S., Tursunbayeva, A., Antonelli, G., Moschera, L. (2024). Disrupting human resource management with people analytics: a study of applications, value, enablers and barriers in Italy, PERSONNEL REVIEW, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print.
- Di Lauro, S., Tursunbayeva, A., Sarti, D., Antonelli, G., Torre, T. (2024). Demystifying People Analytics Adoption: Insights from Italy. In Toyin Adisa, HRM 5.0 Unpacking the Digitalisation of Human Resource Management. Palgrave MacMillan, ISBN 978-3-031-58911-9 ISBN 978-3-031-58912-6 (eBook)
- Tursunbayeva, A., Berni, A., Moschera, A. (2023). Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management: Objectives and Implications. In F. P. Appio, D. La Torre, F. Lazzeri, H. Masri, & F. Schiavone (Eds.), Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Business and Society. Routledge.
- Di Lauro S., Tursunbayeva A., Antonelli G., Moschera L. (2023). Alignment of employees鈥� competencies with espoused organizational values. International Studies of Management & Organization, 1鈥�18.