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”Maskinerna är våra vänner, utan dem inget paradis”- En studie om synen på automatiserat beslutsfattande i kommunal förvaltning

Elmgren, Tova LU (2020) STVK02 20201
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Swedish legislation have yet to formulate a framework within which automated decisionmaking
can be implemented in the municipalities. Despite this, social service delivery in
Trelleborg municipality has adapted automated decision-making in the management of
applications for social assistance. This is the setting for a case study of the values and
ethical reasonings concerning automated decision-making in the public sector. The aim
of the study is to examine and clarify the appearance of specific values and ethical
reasonings concerning automated decision-making in Trelleborg municipality. Debate
articles and government documents complemented with interviews with civil servants
from Arbetsmarknadsförvaltningen provide the empirical... (More)
Swedish legislation have yet to formulate a framework within which automated decisionmaking
can be implemented in the municipalities. Despite this, social service delivery in
Trelleborg municipality has adapted automated decision-making in the management of
applications for social assistance. This is the setting for a case study of the values and
ethical reasonings concerning automated decision-making in the public sector. The aim
of the study is to examine and clarify the appearance of specific values and ethical
reasonings concerning automated decision-making in Trelleborg municipality. Debate
articles and government documents complemented with interviews with civil servants
from Arbetsmarknadsförvaltningen provide the empirical data for the study. The findings
show that process values are prominent when valuing automated decision-making. Values
as efficiency and legal certainty appears in viewing its positive effects of the
implementation. There is however a divergence in legal certainty between values of
formal and material legal certainty that affect how automated decision-making is seen as
ethical right for the public sector. How service is valued also affects the judgement of
what role automated decision-making should play. The implementation of automated
decision-making in Trelleborg had its origin in an ethical dilemma where the municipality
felt divided between its citizens and the state. (Less)
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author
Elmgren, Tova LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Förvaltningsetik, Automatiserat beslutsfattande, Vårt offentliga etos
language
Swedish
id
9009728
date added to LUP
2020-09-21 15:40:20
date last changed
2020-09-21 15:40:20
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  abstract     = {{Swedish legislation have yet to formulate a framework within which automated decisionmaking
can be implemented in the municipalities. Despite this, social service delivery in
Trelleborg municipality has adapted automated decision-making in the management of
applications for social assistance. This is the setting for a case study of the values and
ethical reasonings concerning automated decision-making in the public sector. The aim
of the study is to examine and clarify the appearance of specific values and ethical
reasonings concerning automated decision-making in Trelleborg municipality. Debate
articles and government documents complemented with interviews with civil servants
from Arbetsmarknadsförvaltningen provide the empirical data for the study. The findings
show that process values are prominent when valuing automated decision-making. Values
as efficiency and legal certainty appears in viewing its positive effects of the
implementation. There is however a divergence in legal certainty between values of
formal and material legal certainty that affect how automated decision-making is seen as
ethical right for the public sector. How service is valued also affects the judgement of
what role automated decision-making should play. The implementation of automated
decision-making in Trelleborg had its origin in an ethical dilemma where the municipality
felt divided between its citizens and the state.}},
  author       = {{Elmgren, Tova}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{”Maskinerna är våra vänner, utan dem inget paradis”- En studie om synen på automatiserat beslutsfattande i kommunal förvaltning}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}