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Using Visual and Narrative Methods to Achieve Fair Process in Clinical Care

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Published on: February 16, 2011

Integrating ethics in design through the value-sensitive design approach.

Mary L Cummings¹

¹Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 33-305, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. Missyc@mit.edu

Science and Engineering Ethics

|January 3, 2007

Summary

Value-Sensitive Design offers an ethics-in-design framework for engineering education, addressing Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology requirements. This approach integrates ethical considerations into technical projects, bridging the gap between engineering design and professional responsibility.

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Published on: February 16, 2011

Area of Science:

Engineering Education
Ethics in Design
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET) mandates ethics education for engineering graduates.
Engineering educators face challenges integrating ethics into technical curricula.
A formalized ethics-in-design approach is needed to bridge this gap.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce Value-Sensitive Design (VSD) as a viable methodology for engineering ethics education.
To demonstrate how VSD can be applied to technical design projects.
To bridge the gap between engineering design and ethical considerations.

Main Methods:

Exploration of the three core components of Value-Sensitive Design: conceptual, technical, and empirical.
Application of VSD principles through a case study.
Case study focused on developing a command and control supervisory interface for a military cruise missile.

Main Results:

Value-Sensitive Design provides a structured framework for integrating ethics into engineering design.
The conceptual, technical, and empirical components of VSD are applicable across engineering disciplines.
The case study illustrates the practical implementation of VSD in a complex technical project.

Conclusions:

Value-Sensitive Design is an effective pedagogical tool for teaching professional and ethical responsibility in engineering.
This approach helps engineering programs meet ABET accreditation requirements.
VSD facilitates the development of ethically informed engineering solutions.