About this event
AI Ethics and the Future of Management Theory
Join us on Tuesday the 25th of November, at the Edinburgh Futures Institute and online, as we hear from EFI Visiting Fellow Dr Ramsha Naeem.
Abstract:
The growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in organizational contexts underscores the need for interdisciplinary dialogue between AI ethics and management theory. This seminar explores how established management theories can be revisited and extended through ethical lenses. Building on Bleher and Braun’s (2023) framework—which articulates three ethical dimensions of AI: emotional, justice, and governance—we ask: How does AI reshape the emotional, justice-related, and governance assumptions embedded within management theories? Using a systematic literature review approach, we critically evaluate the applicability of this framework to management research and propose an extended model that emphasizes relationality—where processes operate dynamically and interdependently. The seminar concludes by outlining propositions for future research and interdisciplinary collaboration across AI ethics and management.
Speaker Biography:
Dr Ramsha Naeem (EFI Visiting Fellow from September - December 2025) is an Assistant Professor and Head of the MBA Program at the University of Central Punjab (UCP), Lahore, Pakistan. Her research interests include diversity faultlines, virtue ethics, ethical leadership, strategic HRM, and digital transformation. She has published her work in peer-reviewed journals and presented at leading international conferences, including the Academy of Management (AOM). Currently a Visiting Fellow at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh, she is investigating how AI reshapes employee thinking, behavior, and workplace dynamics, and what ethical frameworks are needed to guide its adoption across cultural contexts in Pakistan and the UK.
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