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65
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About
Tae Wan Kim is a scholar whose work sits at the dynamic intersection of business ethics, artificial intelligence, and robotics, making significant contributions to our understanding of how emerging technologies reshape moral frameworks in organizational and societal contexts. His most influential work, "Ethical Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution for Business and Society" (2019), has garnered 43 citations and examines the profound ethical challenges posed by automation technologies — from driverless vehicles to algorithmic management — that are rapidly transforming workplaces worldwide. Kim has also distinguished himself as a thoughtful cross-cultural ethicist, notably exploring robot ethics through a Confucian lens in his recurring inquiry into whether robots deserve rights or ritual recognition, a provocative question that bridges Eastern philosophy and contemporary technology discourse. His more recent contributions, including "Humanizing Business in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (2022) and collaborative research on human-robot interaction in construction and surgical robotics simulations, demonstrate a broadening practical focus. Taken together, Kim's body of work offers researchers and students a rare combination of philosophical rigor and applied relevance, positioning him as an emerging voice in the ethics of technology and human-machine collaboration.
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- 2Should Robots Have Rights or Rites?7 citations · 2023
- 3Humanizing Business in the Age of Artificial Intelligence6 citations · 2022
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