Some smart speakers, video doorbells and other hardware manufacturers hit roadblocks when trying to buy ads in search results. ...

"I'm quitting because I can no longer stomach contributing to an organization that is profiting off hate in the U.S. and globally," Facebook Engineer Ashok Chandwaney wrote. ...

Months into nationwide protests over racial injustice, a majority of American consumers continue to believe brands should speak out publicly about systemic racism and racial injustice, according to a special ...

Former Google VP and Chief Compliance Officer Andy Hinton provides expert advice to help brands tackle discrimination, harassment and racism to gain trust and reduce friction. ...

At issue is not only the brands' trust in Facebook, but consumers' trust that brands will do what is ethically and morally correct. ...

"We need to do more as a marketing community to address our most deep-seated legacy problems, especially within our industry. Now is the time for marketers to prioritize equity and ...

How will the need for social change influence the relationship between brands and consumers? Racial equality has become a major focus for U.S. consumers as they transform their thinking. ...

CMOs say issues around data collection and privacy have become a higher priority as a result of the pandemic. ...

Two-fifths of marketers have already felt "morally uncomfortable" about their company's use of consumer data. ...

Just before the pandemic disrupted "normal" coverage of the ad industry, I began working on a series of initiatives related to the industry's ethics, especially its use of consumer data. ...

Senior executives at IBM and Microsoft have met envoys from the Roman Catholic Church in Rome to work together on ethics for AI, the BBC reports. ...

Business-to-business marketers, by and large, are more focused on their company's sense of "purpose" than they were three years ago, according to a new study of B2B professionals released today ...

Her actual title is a bit longer: Sheila Colclasure has been appointed Chief Digital Responsibility and Public Policy Officer at Kinesso, the recently formed Acxiom-powered unit. ...

Deepfake technology has been unleashed in the election. What happens when it's used against brands? ...

In business, reputation counts for a lot, and its constituent parts, the contributing factors, are many and complex -- from the opinions that customers form about your products or services ...

Contrary to proclamations about "fake news," more Americans believe the government, tech industry leaders and even religious leaders act unethically most or some of the time more than journalists do. ...

The journalist who helped to break the Cambridge Analytica story, Carole Cadwalladr, is interviewed by "The Drum" today, claiming that the tech giants are like the Auschwitz train drivers claiming ...

Lawyers are now confronting the topic of ethics when they use search engines -- in advertising and marketing -- to attract new clients. ...

That is the message from the WFA today as Facebook bans rule breakers from live streaming. ...

Two Google employees were reportedly demoted and forced to give up some of their duties after they helped organize November walkouts to call attention to sexual harassment at the comp ...

Traditionally secretive, family-owned giant needs to attract new talent for diversified expansion plan. ...

The #Metoo era that ended the careers of media moguls such as Harvey Weinstein is likely to make morals clauses even more common. ...

Rob Leathern, Facebook director of product management, posted several tweets recently that provide insight into the company's efforts. ...

Goldman will develop a strategic framework for the ethical and humane use of technology across Salesforce, the company says. ...

Purpose is not simply a nice thing to have -- it's imperative in this day and age," said ANA's chief executive Bob Liodice. ...

Advertisers respect Google and its achievements, but fail to recognize the human mistakes and algorithmic errors behind the machine. Corporate culture has become critical to how Google conducts business. ...

The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos profiles Mark Zuckerberg at a time when Facebook is believed by some to be facilitating the decline of Western civilization. “Zuckerberg is now at the ...

A letter circulating at Google's headquarters is raising concerns about the company's willingness to launch a search app that abides by China's "censorship requirements." ...

A new survey data, recently released from the boutique PR firm Bospar, turned an eye on the ethics of the PR industry. The survey revealed how many PR professionals are ...

Profit-sharing with a good cause seems important to Millennials, with 38% admitting a company that gives away a small share of profits to a good cause would make them like ...