Usochi Joanann Ilozumba

Title of Dissertation: Reframing Data Privacy in Business Using the Do No Harm Principle as an Ethical Focal Point

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek
University: HHL – Handelshochschule Leipzig
Scholarship: Karl Schlecht Stiftung
Cohort: 8th Cohort, since 2021
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• Short Abstract

  Problem:

  The study aims to redefine the narrative associated with the current privacy concepts in the business context and provide an ethical foundation of legitimacy for businesses to handle user data responsibly, thereby reducing or managing illegitimate harms. Point Merely adhering to privacy laws and regulations is insufficient for averting privacy breaches within firms. A fundamental ethical focal point, universally applicable, is indispensable. Such a framework would function as a medium for shared understanding between businesses and their clientele, fostering collaboration and ensuring proactive prevention of privacy violations. This fundamental ethical focal point is the do-no-harm principle.

  Main point:

  What can we legitimately expect from each privacy actor, be it a data controller or a data subject?

  Research Questions:

  1. Can privacy be conceptualized?

  2. How is data privacy conceptualized in the GDPR law?

  3. Under what conditions can privacy harms be qualified as legitimate or illegitimate?

  4. What can we legitimately expect from companies as private data controllers?

• Research Interests

  • Business Ethics
  • Legitimacy and Corporate Governance
  • Ethics of AI in Business
  • Philosophical Ethics
  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Feminist philosophy

• Education

  • 2016-2018: Master of Philosophy in Philosophical Ethics and Anthropology, Italy
  • 2013-2016: Bachelor of Philosophy, Italy
  • 2005-2010: Bachelor of Science in Pure and Industrial Chemistry, Nigeria

• Professional and Academic Career

  • 2021-2022: Assistant Professor Business and Professional Ethics (Contract) Dublin City University Business School
  • 2018-2021: Full-Time Faculty of Philosophical Ethics and Anthropology, Pan-Atlantic University – Lagos Business School, Lagos, Nigeria
  • 2016-2017: Program Coordinator for JUMP Leadership Program, International Cultural Centre Rocca Romana, Rome, Italy
  • 2012: Procurement Officer, Juhel Nigeria Limited, Enugu, Nigeria

• Publications

  • Daza, Marco Tulio, and Ilozumba Usochi Joanann. 2022. ‘A Survey of AI Ethics in Business Literature: Maps and Trends between 2000 and 2021’. Frontiers in Psychology 13 (December): 1042661. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1042661.
  • Ilozumba, Usochi Joanann. “Common Good Principle.” In Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics, ed. Deborah C. Poff and Alex C. Micha-los, 1–5. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_522-1
  • Ilozumba, Usochi. “The Home as the Primary Source of Intellectual Develo-pment: From a Phenomenological and Anthropological Perspective.” In Pe-ople, Care and Work in the Home, ed. M Gamal Abdelmonem and Antonio Argandoña, 110-124. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge, 2020.

• Conference Contributions: Talks

  • 2020: New Waves in Feminism, “Feminism, A Relic of History or A Need? Unmasking a New Standpoint to Difference Feminism’s View on Women”, Nigeria

• Memberships

  • Society for Business Ethics

• Conference Contributions: Posters

  • N/A

• Memberships

  • Member of Research Group, Virtue Ethics in Business (VEiB), Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.