The impact of a lack of ethical standards for tech.

Execs see risks of operating without ethical tech standards | Deloitte

Executives recognize the greatest risk of operating without ethical tech standards can have widespread negative impacts, particularly on their people, according to a survey by Deloitte, the global consulting and financial company.

Deloitte is releasing its Ethics & Trust in Technology Survey today, and this year’s survey reveals unique insight into how ethics are top of mind for enterprise executives, and how organizations struggle with alignment on who should be responsible for developing standards.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.