# A Toolkit for Compliance, a Toolkit for Justice: Drawing on Cross-sectoral Expertise to Develop a Pro-justice EU AI Act Toolkit

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.17165 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.17165/

## Key facts

- Cited by 4 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 4 of its 31 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 22 May 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 4 of 4)

- [The Ethics of AI Ethics -- An Evaluation of Guidelines](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1903.03425/) (2019)
- [Everyday algorithm auditing: Understanding the power of everyday users in surfacing harmful algorithmic behaviors](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2105.02980/) (2021)
- [Seeing Like a Toolkit: How Toolkits Envision the Work of AI Ethics](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2202.08792/) (2022)
- [Wellbeing supportive design -- Research-based guidelines for supporting psychological wellbeing in user experience](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2109.09092/) (2021)

## Built on by (most cited first, 4 of 4)

- [Engaged AI Governance: Addressing the Last Mile Challenge Through Internal Expert Collaboration](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.21554/) (2026)
- [To Build or Not to Build? Factors that Lead to Non-Development or Abandonment of AI Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2604.28053/) (2026)
- [Now You See Me: Designing Responsible AI Dashboards for Early-Stage Health Innovation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.23378/) (2026)
- [What We Know about Responsible AI Practices in Industry: A Half Decade of Empirical Research](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2608.10431/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The introduction of the AI Act in the European Union presents the AI research and practice community with a set of new challenges related to compliance. While it is certain that AI practitioners will require additional guidance and tools to meet these requirements, previous research on toolkits that aim to translate the theory of AI ethics into development and deployment practice suggests that such resources suffer from multiple limitations. These limitations stem, in part, from the fact that the toolkits are either produced by industry-based teams or by academics whose work tends to be abstract and divorced from the realities of industry. In this paper, we discuss the challenge of developing an AI ethics toolkit for practitioners that helps them comply with new AI-focused regulation, but that also moves beyond mere compliance to consider broader socio-ethical questions throughout development and deployment. The toolkit was created through a cross-sectoral collaboration between an academic team based in the UK and an industry team in Italy. We outline the background and rationale for creating a pro-justice AI Act compliance toolkit, detail the process undertaken to develop it, and describe the collaboration and negotiation efforts that shaped its creation. We aim for the described process to serve as a blueprint for other teams navigating the challenges of academia-industry partnerships and aspiring to produce usable and meaningful AI ethics resources.