Artificial Intelligence Harm and Accountability by Businesses - A Systematic Literature Review'

Dzandu, M.D., Asiedu, S. T., Pathak, B. and De Cesare, S. 2025. Artificial Intelligence Harm and Accountability by Businesses - A Systematic Literature Review'. 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. Porto, Portugal, on April 4-6, 2025 04 - 06 Apr 2025 SCITEPRESS. https://doi.org/10.5220/0013486100003929

TitleArtificial Intelligence Harm and Accountability by Businesses - A Systematic Literature Review'
AuthorsDzandu, M.D., Asiedu, S. T., Pathak, B. and De Cesare, S.
TypeConference paper
Abstract

This study reviews the literature on artificial intelligence (AI) harms caused by businesses, their impact on stakeholders, and the available remedial mechanisms. Using the PRISMA method, relevant articles were sourced from the Scopus database and critically analysed. The data revealed that only 38 articles were published on the topic between 2012 and 2024, with 21 of these in 2024 alone. Key AI harms identified include economic and employment displacement, user harm, bias and discrimination, the digital divide, and environmental harm. While an explicit AI harm accountability framework was not found, related frameworks were derived from six cognate areas: data governance, decision-making, ethical AI, legal frameworks, responsible AI, and AI implementation. Five themes—AI transparency, accountability, decision-making, ethics, and risk—emerged as central to the literature. The study concludes that accountability for AI harms by businesses has been an afterthought relative to the rapid adoption of AI during the review period. Developing a robust AI accountability framework to guide businesses in mitigating AI harm is therefore imperative.

KeywordsArtificial Intelligence, Accountability, Harm, Risk, Businesses, Consumers, Framework
Year2025
Conference27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
PublisherSCITEPRESS
Publisher's version
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
File Access Level
Open (open metadata and files)
Journal citationpp. 1012-1019
ISSN2184-4992
Book titleProceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS
ISBN9789897587498
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.5220/0013486100003929
Web address (URL) of conference proceedingshttps://www.scitepress.org/PublicationsDetail.aspx?ID=ax/ViTCt0Jo=&t=1

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