Responsible Research and Innovation in Information and Communication Technology: Identifying and Engaging with the Ethical Implications of ICTs

Stahl, Bernd Carsten; Eden, Grace; Jirotka, Marina

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“…A large body of research has investigated questions of business ethics for corporate activities, such as finance, professional integrity, workers' rights, and so on. In contrast, the question of how R&I activities fit into the overall picture of corporate responsibilities has received less attention [2].…”

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An Investigation into Risk Perception in the ICT Industry as a Core Component of Responsible Research and Innovation

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This paper makes an original contribution to the responsible research and innovation (RRI) discourse, with an inquiry into the extent to which risk, risk assessment, or risk management, including ethical and social issues, is relevant to companies. As a core component of the higher or "meta-responsibility" of RRI, an investigation of practices and attitudes towards risks can provide us with a window into companies' attitudes towards responsible innovation that is rooted in real-world experiences. Drawing upon data from 30 in-depth interviews and a large Delphi study, we reveal different underlying attitudes towards risk governance for individuals working in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry. For some companies, there is already an obvious degree of alignment with RRI values. For others, framing of the RRI discourse in terms of ethical and societal risks may help to promote understanding and uptake. Results from the interviews suggest that lack of awareness of the full extent of ethical and societal risks associated with research and innovation in the ICT industry may act as a barrier to engagement with RRI, and educational activities may be needed to rectify this situation. Results from the Delphi survey suggest that when presented with simple information about potential ethical and societal risks, industry personnel can easily recognise the main risks and provide clear opinions about how they should be addressed. The relationship between risk governance and RRI warrants further investigation as it is an essential facet of RRI.

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“…Is that a concept you have ever come across before? (Probe further here if necessary and help by offering suggestions to find out about particular ways of how RRI can be recognised in practice) (2) …”

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“…Stahl, Eden, and Jirotka note, responsibility in RRI largely falls to individuals, who can be subject to many forms (Stahl, Eden, & Jirotka, 2013). A software engineer may have professional responsibilities to customers, moral responsibilities to users, role responsibilities as leaders to peers, or legal responsibilities to compliance with laws (Stahl et al, 2013, pp.…”

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Ethical Dimensions of User Centric Regulation

Urquhart

2017

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In this paper, we question the role of information technology (IT) designers in IT regulation. Through our concept of user centric regulation (UCR) we unpack what a closer alignment of IT design and regulation could mean. We also situate how they can respond to their ethical and legal duties to end users. Our concept asserts that human computer interaction (HCI) designers are now regulators and as designers are not traditionally involved in the practice of regulation hence the nature of their role is illdefined. We believe designers need support in understanding what their new role entails, particularly managing ethical dimensions that go beyond law and compliance. We use conceptual analysis to consolidate perspectives from across Human Computer Interaction and Information Technology Law and Regulation, Computer Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, and beyond. We focus in this paper on the importance of mediation and responsibility and illustrate our argument by drawing on the emerging technological setting of smart cities.

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“…Lastly, the level of influence of an account (third requirement) was established by consulting an elaborate discourse analysis by Timmermans (2015b) that ranked publications and their authors based on cross-citation scores and their membership of RI projects. This way the less influential accounts, for example, those by Stahl et al (2013) and Mason (2012) were left out as the analysis. This way four salient accounts of RI were selected for further analysis, see Table 1.…”

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A critical hermeneutic reflection on the paradigm-level assumptions underlying responsible innovation

Timmermans

Blok

2018

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The current challenges of implementing responsible innovation (RI) can in part be traced back to the (implicit) assumptions behind the ways of thinking that ground the different pre-existing theories and approaches that are shared under the RI-umbrella. Achieving the ideals of RI, therefore not only requires a shift on an operational and systemic level but also at the paradigm-level. In order to develop a deeper understanding of this paradigm shift, this paper analyses the paradigm-level assumptions that are (implicitly) being brought forward by the different conceptualizations of RI. To this purpose it deploys (1) a pragmatic stance on paradigms that allows discerning ontological and axiological elements shared by the RI community and (2) an accompanying critical hermeneutic research approach that enables the profiling of paradigmatic beliefs and assumptions of accounts of RI. The research surfaces the distance of four salient RI accounts from the currently dominant techno-economic innovation paradigm RI seeks to shift. With this, our contribution helps to raise the self-awareness of the RI community about their presuppositions and the paradigm level barriers and enablers to reaching the RI ideal. This insight is needed for a successful transition to responsible research and innovation practices.

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Responsible Research and Innovation in Information and Communication Technology: Identifying and Engaging with the Ethical Implications of ICTs

Cited by 79 publications

References 20 publications

An Investigation into Risk Perception in the ICT Industry as a Core Component of Responsible Research and Innovation

An Investigation into Risk Perception in the ICT Industry as a Core Component of Responsible Research and Innovation

Ethical Dimensions of User Centric Regulation

A critical hermeneutic reflection on the paradigm-level assumptions underlying responsible innovation

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