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Current Issue – June 2026

Ethical Technology Futures

This Special Issue examines how ethical failures are embedded across the lifecycle of technological innovations, and explores the design, institutional, and educational conditions through which they can be addressed.



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Cover
Front Cover
 
Call for Papers
ISTAS 2026
 
Masthead
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine Publication Information
 
Contents
Table of Contents
 
From the Editor in Chief
Intentional Technology Use
Ketra Schmitt  
Book Review
Listen in: How Radio Changed the Home—Beaty Rubens
A. David Wunsch  
Commentary
Benefit–Risk Assessment in the Regulation of Pharmaceuticals
Sara L. Eggers  
Commentary
On the Speculative Terminology Surrounding AI
Colin Ashruf  
Guest Editors' Introduction
Locating Accountability and Centering the Margins for Ethical Technology Futures
Jin Sol Kim; Fatima K. Suleiman; Heather A. Love; Carter Neal; Christopher Stuart Taylor  
Commentary
Who Gets Left Behind? The Uncomfortable Questions Behind Homecare Innovation
Gaya Bin Noon  
Commentary
Collective Care for Ethical Innovation: Applying the “Binder Test” to Home Care Technologies
Ryan Tennant  
Commentary
Agents of Change: Decoding Human Voices in Large Language Models
Jacqueline Cardoso  
Commentary
Teaching Justice: Reimagining STEM Education for Ethical AI Systems
Kem-Laurin Lubin  

Features


A Maturity-Based Engineering Learning Approach: Reflective, Ethical, and Adaptive
Jones Nambundo; Marcelo Godoy Simões; Katina Michael; Paulo F. Ribeiro
* Refereed Article
From Telettrofono to Smartphone: Social Innovation and the Ethics of Recognition
Riccardo Meucci; Guanrong Chen
* Refereed Article

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