In partnership with Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, the Vatican created a new organization called the Institute for Technology, Ethics, and Culture (ITEC). Focused on the betterment of humanity amid developments in technology, the ITEC started the ball rolling with a handbook detailing how the world can navigate ethically ambiguous technology. The handbook, titled “Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operation Roadmap,” isn’t a strict instruction manual for organizations. Rather, it’s just a guide for readers to create their own framework for technology.
“I hope this book will inspire you too, to take your great motivations and intentions for your organization and turn them into actions that make your company the best that it can be and help create a better world for all.” Steve Milligan March 2023
“It may come as a surprise to some to discover the Vatican’s engagement with this project but it is ultimately the result of meetings – “encounters” to use one of Pope Francis’ favorite words – between the Vatican and the world of technology. The handbook is a concrete result of a desire to promote an inclusive conversation between the technology sector and the broader human community whose future will be shaped in so many ways by decisions made by those who are managing innovation. This is a conversation that must include those of diverse nationalities, of various cultures, and of different faiths and none, so that we learn together how to build a better world for all.” Paul Tighe March 2023
“Steve Jobs famously said; “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”
The purpose of this handbook and of the ethics center I oversee is not just to change the world, but to help change the world for good.
We believe a company can be successful, make a profit, and still not cause harm to the planet or people who inhabit that planet.
Let’s change the world…for good.” Don Heider May 2023
AI brings opportunities for us to create new platforms that change the world for good so we leave no-one behind” Gareth Presch World Health Innovation Summit CIC Global Social Prescribing Alliance World Health Service