Value-based Engineering Research Articles

In recent years, there has been a steady increase in awareness of the need to design technology more ethically. The crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX airplanes <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">[1]</xref> as well as the Volkswagen scandal <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref2" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">[2]</xref> have contributed to the questioning of ethical practices in classic engineering departments. Several studies revealed the potential bias and manipulability of software systems, including critical judicial systems and social networks <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">[3]</xref> . The lack of artificial intelligence (AI) transparency became subject to a stream of criticism. To the positive surprise of long-term scholars in the social issues of technology, the IT industry woke up to the need for a more forward-looking, responsible, and ethical planning of IT systems.