The Ethical Computing Project CIC is run by people who believe technology should serve communities, not exploit them.
Stuart Drabble
Stuart is the founder of IT Norwich Limited, a managed service provider based in Norwich. Since 1997 he has supported hundreds of businesses, charities, and community organisations in Norwich and throughout Norfolk.
In this time he’s seen a pattern impossible to ignore: organisations routinely paying more than they needed to because they are subjected to forced upgrade cycles, at the mercy of operating systems and software vendors whose priorities had nothing to do with their customers’ best interests.
The technology industry is extraordinarily good at persuading people that the next version, the next subscription tier, the next piece of hardware is essential and the systems most organisations rely on are designed to make that feel unavoidable. It doesn’t have to be.
The Ethical Computing Project is Stuart’s response to that pattern.
Jonny Zelos
Jonny brings a fresh perspective to the project. Though newer to the IT industry, his passion for technology with a conscience drew him naturally towards the Ethical Computing Project and what it stands for.
Jonny is a strong advocate for the Right to Repair movement – the principle that if you own something, you should be able to fix it. In a world where manufacturers increasingly design devices to be difficult or impossible to repair, and where perfectly functional hardware is discarded simply because a software vendor has decided it is no longer supported, he believes that reclaiming the right to repair is both an environmental and an ethical imperative.
Beyond repair, Jonny is particularly focused on privacy in a world where personal data has become a commodity, the environmental cost of throwaway technology, and the importance of making ethical IT genuinely inclusive – he wants it to be accessible to everyone, not just those with the technical knowledge to seek it out.
Want to Join Us?
The Ethical Computing Project CIC is growing, and we’re looking for people who share our values and want to be part of something that matters.
We’re interested in people with skills across technology, education, design, law, finance, and community engagement — but we’re equally interested in people who simply believe in what we’re doing and want to contribute.
We want to be honest: we are a young organisation and at this stage we are not always in a position to pay. That will change as the project grows. For now, we can offer the chance to be part of a project that is genuinely trying to change the way technology works for people.
If you’d like to join us, we’d love to hear from you. Get involved.