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How Wall Street Co-opted Impact Investing—And What to Do about It

NonProfit Quarterly

Have economic justice efforts like impact investment and ESG (environmental, social and governance) analysis been captured by Wall Street? Corporate social responsibility (CSR) leaders and ethics officers speak of how good practices protect reputation and enhance profits. I saw most major corporations add ethics officers.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.” An ecosystem of scientist- and scholar-led nonprofit organizations has emerged to fight bias in AI systems.

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Unlocking the Power of Data Refineries for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In contrast, a 2017 report found that only 5 percent of nonprofits were using artificial intelligence, and only 28 percent of nonprofits were using data for predictive or prescriptive purposes. Anatomy of a Data Ecosystem Data ecosystems exist in many fields: finance, health care, retail, entertainment, elections, and even sports.