Awareness and management of ethical issues in data science is becoming increasingly relevant to us all, and a crucial skill for data scientists. Discussion of contemporary issues in collaborative and interdisciplinary spaces is an engaging way to allow data science work to be influenced by those with expertise in philosophy, history, sociology and beyond, and so improve the ability of data scientists to think critically about the ethics of their work. However, opportunities to do so are limited. Data Ethics Club (based at dataethicsclub.com) is a fortnightly discussion group about data science and ethics, whose community-generated resources are hosted in an open online repository. This repository includes a list of data science and ethics materials around multiple topics of interest, alongside processes and templates for leading an online data ethics discussion group. These meetings and materials are designed to reduce the barrier to learning, reflection and critique on data science and ethics for all interested parties, with the broader aim of building ethics into the cultural fabric of quality data science work.

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