Abstract
As in any other kind of research, design science researchers need to address ethical issues. These relate not only to the work carried out in a research project but also to the possible ethical and societal consequences that can follow from the use of a created artefact. This chapter starts by introducing a number of general principles for research ethics and then goes on to discuss ethical issues related to the information society. The chapter concludes with a set of ethical principles for design science research.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Brynjolfsson E, McAfee A (2014) The second machine age: work, progress, and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies, 1st edn. W. W Norton & Company, New York
Computerworld (2011) Big data to drive a surveillance society. In: Computerworld. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215033/Big_data_to_drive_a_surveillance_society?pageNumber=1. Accessed 31 May 2014
Denscombe M (2014) The good research guide: for small scale research projects, 5th revised edn. Open University Press
Ferenstein G (2014) Google’s Schmidt says inequality will be number one issue for democracies. In: TechCrunch. http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/07/googles-schmidt-says-inequality-will-be-number-one-issue-for-democracies/. Accessed 22 Jun 2014
Floridi L (2010) The Cambridge handbook of information and computer ethics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Gilliom J, Monahan T (2012) SuperVision: an introduction to the surveillance society. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Merges RP, Menell PS, Lemley MA (2012) Intellectual property in the new technological age, 6th edn. Aspen Publishers, Austin, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, New York
Myers MD, Venable J (2014) A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems. Inf Manag. doi:10.1016/j.im.2014.01.002
Shamoo AE, Resnik DB (2009) Responsible conduct of research, 2nd edn. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Surveillance Studies Network (2012) An introduction to the surveillance society. http://www.surveillance-studies.net/?page_id=119. Accessed 16 Mar 2014
Walsham G (2001) Making a world of difference: IT in a global context, 1st edn. Wiley, Chichester
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Johannesson, P., Perjons, E. (2014). Ethics and Design Science. In: An Introduction to Design Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10632-8_13
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10632-8_13
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-10631-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-10632-8
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)