Ethical AI and Librarianship

A Resource Guide

Confronting Bias: BSA’s Framework to Build Trust in AI

Field Description
Title Confronting Bias: BSA's Framework to Build Trust in AI
Type Reports
Creator BSA (Business Software Alliance)
Link
Creation Date 06/01/2021
Last Updated Date --
Summary Prepared by BSA (Business Software Alliance), a global trade group representing the enterprise software industry, this report presents an AI Bias Risk Management Framework designed to help organizations conduct impact assessments that identify and mitigate bias risks throughout an AI system’s lifecycle. The report first defines AI bias and categorizes sources of AI bias across three AI lifecycle stages, such as problem formulation bias, sampling bias, and labeling bias in the design phase, proxy bias in the development stage, deployment bias, and misuse bias in the deployment phase. The report then introduces the core components of the framework:
  1. Two foundational pillars: a governance structure that defines policies, roles, and executive oversight, and a scalable impact assessment process designed to identify, quantify, and mitigate bias-related harms.
  2. An impact assessment methodology accompanied by best practices for mitigating risks at each stage of the AI lifecycle: design, development, and deployment. This includes detailed guidance for each phase, outlining specific tasks, diagnostic actions teams should carry out, implementation tips, and recommended tools and resources teams can use to complete these activities.
Additionally, a dedicated webpage presents the core framework concepts with various report formats and language translations (see Link field).
Topic Ethical AI
Source and Link BSA (Business Software Alliance). https://www.bsa.org/
Access Open
Accessibility --
Audience General. Scholars and Students.
Platform or Format Document (.pdf)
Length 32 pages
Geography USA
Language ENG/JPN/KOR
Description Date 06/24/2025

Ethical AI and Librarianship: A Resource Guide