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Embedded ethics: how to build better IT mousetraps

Embedded ethics: how to build better IT mousetraps Purpose – To help the reader understand how the ethics of management decisions become embedded into technology systems. Design/methodology/approach – The article explains better approaches based on a core principle known as “Subsumption ethics.” Using many sources, it explains the concepts and methods in order to help readers avoid unintended consequences in technology development. Findings – Technology can be dramatically improved by attending to its ethics. There are particular tools available to help. Practical implications – Ultimately, these principles will require a higher level of professionalism in technology deployment, and formal processes devoted to impact analysis. Originality/value – This paper represents a new way of looking at the technology development process that incorporates ethics in a cost‐effective manner. Business and technology leaders will learn how to improve the outcomes of technology projects. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Handbook of Business Strategy Emerald Publishing

Embedded ethics: how to build better IT mousetraps

Handbook of Business Strategy , Volume 7 (1): 5 – Jan 1, 2006

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1077-5730
DOI
10.1108/10775730610619016
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Abstract

Purpose – To help the reader understand how the ethics of management decisions become embedded into technology systems. Design/methodology/approach – The article explains better approaches based on a core principle known as “Subsumption ethics.” Using many sources, it explains the concepts and methods in order to help readers avoid unintended consequences in technology development. Findings – Technology can be dramatically improved by attending to its ethics. There are particular tools available to help. Practical implications – Ultimately, these principles will require a higher level of professionalism in technology deployment, and formal processes devoted to impact analysis. Originality/value – This paper represents a new way of looking at the technology development process that incorporates ethics in a cost‐effective manner. Business and technology leaders will learn how to improve the outcomes of technology projects.

Journal

Handbook of Business StrategyEmerald Publishing

Published: Jan 1, 2006

Keywords: Ethics; Decision making

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