Kiyoshi Murata    Department   Undergraduate School  , School of Commerce    Position   Professor
Date	2024/11/01
Presentation Theme	Digital care: Its potential and ethical challenges
Conference	APCIM 2024
Promoters	Japan Society for Information and Management
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Collaborative
Country	Korea Republic of
Venue	Kyung Hee University
Holding period	2024/10/31～2024/11/02
Publisher and common publisher	Ryoko Asai, Kiyoshi Murata and Tatsuya Yamazaki
Details	This study focuses on the ethical dimensions of introducing digital technology into care, particularly care as labour. It highlights the tension between technological efficiency and the profoundly human, emotional nature of care, which cannot be easily replicated by machines, based on interviews with people working in the group home for people with disabilities in Sweden. Ethical concerns arise, for example, around the limitations of programming empathy and personalised care, and the potential exclusion of individuals from care. The study calls for a comprehensive ethical framework that balances the benefits of digital tools with the need to preserve the moral, interpersonal and emotional aspects of care, particularly within diverse socio-economic contexts.