征稿期刊

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

期刊级别

IF 6.4 (JCR 2024)

SSCI

Q1 (INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE 10/166)

Q1 (MANAGEMENT 57/420)

征稿主题

Generative AI and Society: Organisational and Social Impact, Ethics and Policies

细分领域

Positive and negative impact of GenAI

How does GenAI contribute to societal upgradation? For example, it promotes social welfare, benefits the disabled and ageing population, and drives global healthcare and mobility, among others.

Why is GenAI said to augment human skills? How can it serve as an effective collaborator, advance engineering techniques such as offering automation of knowledge work, enhancing productivity, etc.? What skills are necessary to leverage this technology (Cetindamar et al., 2022)?

Why is there a need to address the sustainability aspect of GenAI? What characteristics of this technology impede sustainability? What can be probable measures to mitigate them? How does it raise serious environmental concerns?

What human issues need to be addressed to ensure that GenAI does not pose a safety concern for the users? For example, how to assess the boundary between authentic and artificial human content? How does technology have a probability of interfering with and manipulating human behaviour or affect human rights such as freedom of speech?

Orgnisational and societal impact of GenAI

Does GenAI present a paradigm in the transformation of both society and organisations, critically examining the change it brings about at the micro level (e.g., individuals), meso level (e.g., organisations and institutions), and macro level (e.g., governments and global systems)? What would be the extent of this transformation and investigating the possibility of the sustainability of this?

How does GenAI affect the norms and values and operational of organisations and society, driving cultural transformation? What can be done to manage this transformation effectively? What can be the possible consequences?

How can seminal (e.g., Innovation Resistance Theory, Disruptive Innovation Theory, Technological Determinism, Digital Divide Theory, among others) and novel theoretical frameworks be used to conceptualize and uncover the foundations of Generative AI driving organizational societal changes?

What is the perspective of different stakeholders in organisations and society towards the impact GenAI is set to make? Which stakeholders will be impacted the most? Should regulations and policies vary by different stakeholders? What needs to be done to equip these stakeholders to manage the organizational and societal changes manifested by the advent of GenAI?

Ethical impact of GenAI

Is GenAI responsible for mirroring the existing societal issues, such as promoting bias and stereotyping? What possible solutions can address these issues?

What are the different ethical concerns the technology poses to society, for example, accounting for threats to fundamental human rights and autonomy, non-discrimination, explainability, transparency, etc.?

In a bid to develop Responsible AI, what different aspects need to be included to manage ethical concerns effectively? For example, it needs to inform the Explainability of GenAI, promote fair and ethical use, etc.

What ethical issues pose a threat to human existence? For example, the rise of semi-humans which can imitate their features to the extent of not realising the boundary between artificial and authentic humans.

Policy and regulatory impact of GenAI

Why do you think there is a need to draft policies or regulatory guidelines/frameworks that can aid in the effective management of GenAI and mitigate the negative effects of this technology on society?

What role does geographical variation play in the development, penetration and impact of GenAI on society? Should policies and regulatory guidelines vary by geographical region? Will a global law/policy/regulation suffice for GenAI?

How should the policies or regulatory guidelines be developed in order to account for stakeholders’ perceptions and needs, fair and ethical use, and strike the optimal balance between negative and positive aspects of GenAI?

How do we conceptualise the policies and regulatory guidelines to ensure fair use of GenAI in society? For example, what different aspects should it include, such as impact assessment, responsible AI, legitimate use of the technology, etc.?

重要时间

Submission Deadline: 31 March 2026