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

Area of Science:

• Innovation Studies
• Socio-technical Systems
• Responsible Innovation

Background:

• Societal and policy pressures increasingly demand responsible innovation.
• Integrating socio-ethical considerations into daily innovation practices is crucial.
• Involving 'outsiders' like societal and governmental actors is necessary but challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present a functional method for integrating socio-ethical considerations into innovation.
• To facilitate collaboration between innovators and external stakeholders.
• To demonstrate the utility of the proposed approach in practice.

Main Methods:

• Developing value profiles for involved actors.
• Designing a collaborative workshop setting for joint requirement development.
• Applying the method in a case study of automated vehicle development.

Main Results:

• The study successfully demonstrated the possibility and utility of the developed approach.
• The method enabled innovators to collaborate with non-traditional participants.
• Functionality of the method was positively shown, not technical validation.

Conclusions:

• The presented approach offers a practical framework for responsible innovation.
• Collaborative methods are effective for integrating diverse stakeholder values.
• This approach can enhance the socio-ethical integration in innovation design.