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IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated
to advancing technology for humanity, and the IEEE Standards Association
(IEEE SA)
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today announced the launch of IEEE 7000™-2021 - IEEE Standard Model
Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design
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that provides a clear methodology to analyze human and social values
relevant for an ethical system engineering effort.
“Value-based Engineering (VbE), a methodology providing ways to
elicit, conceptualize, prioritize and respect end user values in
system design, is at the heart of IEEE 7000-2021 and provides
companies with a highly practical approach to master the values
based challenges of their digital transformation”
IEEE 7000-2021 is recommended for use by organizations that seek to
apply broader ethical value criteria and minimize risk, thereby helping
to strengthen relationships with their end users and customers.
Organizations may apply this first of its kind standard across multiple
levels including concept exploration, system requirements definition, or
development of new or revised products or services.
“Engineers, their managers, and other stakeholders benefit from
well-defined processes for considering ethical issues along with the
usual concerns of system performance and functionality early in the
system life cycle,” said Konstantinos Karachalios, Managing Director of
IEEE SA. “End users can be unaware of the ethical considerations
regarding the products and services they use; this is why IEEE supported
the launch of the IEEE 7000 series of standards including this standard
that also complements our Ethics Certification Program for Autonomous
and Intelligent Systems (ECPAIS)
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certification criteria offering. It is only by rigorously prioritizing
ethical concerns at the outset of design that manufacturers, engineers,
and technologists can responsibly align products and services with
results honoring the contextual values of customers, citizens, and
society at large.”
This standard provides:
* a system engineering standard approach integrating human and social
values into traditional systems engineering and design.
* processes for engineers to translate stakeholder values and ethical
considerations into system requirements and design practices.
* a systematic, transparent, and traceable approach to address
ethically-oriented regulatory obligations in the design of
autonomous intelligent systems.
“Value-based Engineering (VbE), a methodology providing ways to elicit,
conceptualize, prioritize and respect end user values in system design,
is at the heart of IEEE 7000-2021 and provides companies with a highly
practical approach to master the values based challenges of their
digital transformation,” said Dr. Sarah Spiekermann, Chair of The
Institute for Information Systems & Society at Vienna University of
Economics and Business (WU Vienna) and Vice-Chair of IEEE 7000-2021.
"IEEE 7000-2021 test users identified ten issues per person involved in
the project, demonstrating that the utilization of value-based
Engineering can lead to fewer project risks and exponential innovation.
This is a massive improvement relative to current technical roadmap
processes."
A key part of digital transformation provided by IEEE 7000-2021 comes in
addressing risk. Where traditional evaluations of technological risk may
focus largely on areas of physical harm, the VbE methodology provides a
broader lens to consider also potential value harms associated with
product or systems design. This makes the standard unique and deeply
important in terms of ease of adoption of applied ethics methodologies
in emerging technologies such as AI.
The use of this standard could help organizations better earn and keep
the trust of end-users and stakeholders by directly addressing ethical
concerns upfront, leading to greater market acceptance of their
products, services, or systems.
For more information, to purchase, or to view a read-only version of the
IEEE 7000-2021 Standard, click here
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