Organizing a Collaborative Development of Technological Design Requirements Using a Constructive Dialogue on Value Profiles

Organizing a Collaborative Development of Technological Design Requirements Using a Constructive Dialogue on Value Profiles: A Case in Automated Vehicle Development

Flipse, S.M. (TU Delft Science Education and Communication)
Puylaert, Steven

2017-03-08

Following societal and policy pressures for responsible innovation, innovators are more and more expected to consider the broader socio-ethical context of their work, and more importantly, to integrate such considerations into their daily practices. This may require the involvement of ‘outsiders’ in innovation trajectories, including e.g. societal and governmental actors. However, methods on how to functionally organize such integration in light of responsible innovation have only recently started to emerge. We present an approach to do just that, in which we first develop value profiles of the involved actors, and second, design a workshop setting that allows innovators to develop design requirements in collaboration with representatives of parties that are not usually involved in such innovation design practices. Using a case study in automated vehicle development, we positively demonstrate the possibility and utility of our approach. We stress that in this study we wish to demonstrate the functionality of our developed method, and did not search for scientifically valid outcomes regarding this technical field.

Automated vehicles
Co-creation
Constructive dialogue
Design requirements
Responsible innovation

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f01cd5f6-d1b2-433d-9f7f-23ab50b1a8dd

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-017-9877-3

1353-3452

Science & Engineering Ethics, 1-24

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© 2017 S.M. Flipse, Steven Puylaert