Already, many companies suffered real damage when their algorithms led to discriminatory, privacy-invading, and even deadly outcomes. In this environment, AI ethics isn't merely an academic curiosity. It's a business necessity. In "Ethical Machines," Reid Blackman gives organizations what they need to understand AI ethics as a risk management challenge. Chapter 1 discusses ethics as something concrete rather than subjective, creating a foundation to use while approaching the problems in the subsequent chapters.