Ethical it innovation : a value-based system design approach /: a value-based system design approach. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sarah Spiekermann.
• Authors: Spiekermann, Sarah
• Contents: Introduction; How This Book Frames Computer Ethics; Ethical System Development Life Cycle (E-SDLC); Value-Based IT Design: A Positive Message for IT Markets; Engineers, Managers, and "Ethical Machines"; References; ; IT Innovation; Human Growth and Eudemonia through IT; Human Nightmares Caused by IT and a Short Reflection on Good and Bad; End of IT Innovation Based on Functionality; Questioning "Function Hypes"; True Cost of Hype Cycles; Post-Function Hype: Catering to Higher Human Values; Values in IT Design; Necessity for Value-Based Design; Envisioning the Value of IT Services; References; ; Future IT Environments: Five Scenarios; Personas Used in the Scenarios; Scenario 1: Future of Gaming; Scenario 2: Future of Work; Scenario 3: Future of Retail; Scenario 4: Future of University Education; Scenario 5: Future of Robotics; IT Innovation Lying Ahead; Positive Potential Outcomes of IT Innovation; Negative Potential Outcomes of IT Innovation; References; ; Value Ethics and IT; An Introduction to Values; What Is a Value?; Intrinsic versus Extrinsic Values; Intrinsic Values in Philosophy and Psychology; References; ; Ethical Knowledge for Ethical IT Innovation; What Is Knowledge?; Ethical Challenges in IT-Driven Knowledge Creation; Ethical Challenges in Data Collection; Ethical Challenges in Information Aggregation and Knowledge Creation; Ethical Challenges for Accessing Knowledge; Ethical Uses of Information and Knowledge, a Privacy Issue; Summing Up: Ethical Knowledge Management; References; ; Preserving Freedom in Future IT Environments; Negative Liberty and Machines; Positive Liberty and Machines; Technology Paternalism and Controllability; Autonomy vis-à-vis Machines; Attention-Sensitive Machines; Summing Up: Freedom and Liberty in Future IT Environments; References; ; Health and Strength in the Machine Age; Direct Effect of Machines on Physical Health and Strength; Long-Term Effects of Machines on Physical Health and Strength; Direct Effects of Machines on Mental Health and Strength; Indirect Effect of Machines on Mental Health; Indirect Effect of Machines on Physical Health; References; ; Safety, Security, and Privacy in Future IT Environments; Safety versus Security; Safety, Cyberwar, and Cybercrime; Security Principles in Machine Engineering; Privacy and Surveillance; References; ; Trust in Future IT Environments; What Is Trust?; Distinguishing Trust from Confidence and Reliance; Trust Mechanisms in Machines; How Computer Scientists Understand Trust; Reputation Systems; References; ; Friendship in Future IT Environments; What Is Philia (Friendship)?; Machines as Mediator of Friendship; Shared Life and Learning in Virtual Worlds; Empathy in Virtual Worlds; Intimacy and Disinhibition in Online Environments; Intimacy with Artificial Beings; Final Thoughts on Friendship in Future IT Environments; References; ; Dignity and Respect in the Machine Age; Dignity and Respect; Respectful Machines; Polite Machines; Psychological Ownership in Future IT Environments; Self-Esteem through Open and Free Software; Influence of Patents and Copyrights on Human and Economic Growth; Outlook on Human "Doing": Impact of Machines on Work; References; ; Privacy and a Summary of the Value Fabric; Privacy and Ethical Knowledge; Privacy and Freedom; Privacy Trade-Offs at All Levels of the Value Pyramid; Summing Up: Values in Future IT Environments; References; ; Ethical Value-Based IT System Design: An Overview; Management View on New Product Development; Engineering View on New IT Product Development; Computer Ethics and IT System Design; Value-Sensitive Design; Stakeholder Involvement in Ethical IT System Design; References; ; Value Discovery for IT Project Selection; Envisioning with Cards; Envisioning with Scenarios; Critical Information Systems and Reflective Design; References; ; Wise Leadership in the IT Project Selection Phase; Why Should Leaders Care About the Ethical Design of IT?; Why Many Executives Still Ignore Ethics; Tough Decisions for Wise Leaders; Utilitarian Reasoning; What Makes a Wise Leader?; Deontological Philosophical Reasoning; Rawls’s Theory of Justice and the Veil of Ignorance; Classical Virtue Ethics; Ethical Decision Making in the IT Selection Phase; Challenges for Leaders in the IT Selection Phase; References; ; Ethical IT Planning; Conceptual Value Analysis; Feasibility Analysis; References; ; Ethical IT System Analysis; Context Analysis; From Value Dams and Flows to Development Goals; Analyzing Ethical Priorities for System Design; Operationalizing Development Goals; References; ; Ethical IT System Design; Threat and Control Analysis; Modeling and Understanding System Design Alternatives; System Implementation; References; ; Machine Ethics and Value-Based IT Design; Explicit Ethical Agents; Full Ethical Agents?; ; References; ; Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Auerbach
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 174.9004; Information technology -- Moral and ethical aspects; Electronic data processing -- Moral and ethical aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482226362
• Related ISBNs: 9781482226355
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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