The case for ethical technology assessment (eTA)

Palm, Elin; Hansson, Oskar

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2005.06.002

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“…As illustrated in the case example of Canadian seed science given in this article, decision makers are often firmly entrenched within hegemonic value frameworks, in part because they are themselves members of the dominant groups (Palm & Hansson, 2006). Moreover, given the nature of gaining specialized expertise in technical policy making -usually gathered through a long process of enculturation in domain-specific knowledge (Collins, 2007) -technology developers are rarely conscious of the wider effects of their products, perhaps especially on historically marginalized players in the innovation ecosystem (Ottinger & Cohen, 2013).…”

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Smart Farming: Including Rights Holders for Responsible Agricultural Innovation

Bronson¹

2018

TIM Review

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Smart Farming: Including Rights Holders for Responsible Agricultural Innovation

Bronson¹

2018

TIM Review

140

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“…25 I am not implying that presently there are no methodologies that are based on a non-externalist approach. CTA (Schot and Rip 1996), ethical TA (Palm and Hansson 2006), VSD (Friedman et al 2002), Participatory Design (Schuler and Namioka 1993), to name but a few, do this already, but how worked out their conceptual frameworks are vary. The aim of this article is to outline a conceptual framework in manner that creates a link between a theoretical Philosophy of Technology to more practical-empirical fields.…”

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“…Accessed 22 September 2011. 6 Although the term soft impact is recent, values and norms in relation to technology have been discussed in ethics and technology assessment, albeit often implicit, for a long time (Palm and Hansson 2006). I shall continue to use 'soft impacts', although, with some discomfort.…”

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Responsible Design. A Conceptual Look at Interdependent Design–Use Dynamics

Kiran

2011

Philos. Technol.

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This article investigates the conceptual foundations of technological innovation and development projects that aim to bring ethical and social issues into the design stage. Focusing on the ethics and social impact of technological innovation and development has been somewhat of a trend lately, for instance in ELSA research and in such initiatives as the Dutch Responsible Innovation programme. I argue that in order to succeed in doing social responsible and ethical sound design, a proper understanding of the relation between technology and society is required. I propose to move away from an externalist framework, in which technology and society are depicted as being defined independently, towards an interdependent framework, where technology and society are regarded to be mutually defining. This move is necessary in order for such innovation projects not to reinforce outdated concepts about technology, which in the longer run will prove counterproductive to the actual aims of the projects themselves.

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“…A summary of the development of technology assessment over the last four decades has been provided [7]. The emergence of organised technology assessment, as a formal procedure, was, first and foremost, an attempt to predict the unintended negative consequences of technical innovations in the market uptake cycle of technologies [6] to facilitate more adequate policy-making.…”

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“…The emergence of organised technology assessment, as a formal procedure, was, first and foremost, an attempt to predict the unintended negative consequences of technical innovations in the market uptake cycle of technologies [6] to facilitate more adequate policy-making. An expectation of technology assessment was that it should reveal the future consequences of new technology that otherwise would not have been recognized [7]. With respect to renewable and clean energy technology development, some studies acknowledge the need to analyse the development as a complex system [8][9][10].…”

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Systems dynamics modelling to assess the sustainability of renewable energy technologies in developing countries

Brent¹,

Mokheseng²,

Amigun³

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WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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The 'water-energy nexus' is now receiving more attention as policy-and decision-makers grapple with measures to enable the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy. South Africa, in particular, finds itself in a polycrisis in terms of dealing with economic development, to alleviate poverty, within water and energy constraints. In the Western Cape Province of the country, desalination is suggested as one solution to the water shortage crisis, but the critical issue is that of energy supply, and the related cost implications, for water supply; concentrated solar thermal technology options are currently considered. In this paper a systems dynamics approach is used to assess the sustainability of these types of renewable energy technologies. The objectives of the paper are thus twofold. Firstly, the paper demonstrates the potential suitability of system dynamics modelling to inform policy-and decision-making in the developing country context. Secondly, the paper highlights the sustainability issues that must be addressed appropriately if concentrated solar thermal, and other renewable energy systems, are to be used in developing countries at the scale of desalination. Recommendations are made accordingly to improve the analysis, and its usefulness, to utilise this technique effectively in the future.

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The case for ethical technology assessment (eTA)

Cited by 168 publications

References 16 publications

Smart Farming: Including Rights Holders for Responsible Agricultural Innovation

Smart Farming: Including Rights Holders for Responsible Agricultural Innovation

Responsible Design. A Conceptual Look at Interdependent Design–Use Dynamics

Systems dynamics modelling to assess the sustainability of renewable energy technologies in developing countries

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