Framework for Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT

信息和通信技术伦理框架项目是第一次尝试对当代信息和通信技术研究带来的伦理挑战进行整体观察。该项目旨在吸引信息通信技术研究领域的研究人员，并向使用信息通信技术的其他研究学科和社区伸出援助之手。该项目的激励精神是参与和社区自我发展。也就是说，该项目旨在促进制定一种共同的方法来定义和解决研究界本身的伦理问题。为了实现这一目标，该项目将开展一系列活动。1. 将建立一个道德观察站，以保存项目内收集的信息，传播最佳做法，促进建议并吸引外部社区。天文台所备有的资源中，最重要的是课程发展资料、新的研究支援包，以及适合进行道德评估的资源。2. 该项目将对信通技术研究人员认为的当前问题、挑战和应对措施进行全面的基线研究。这项基线研究将从伦理角度描述信息通信技术的前景，从而确定关键问题、障碍和推动因素。3. 该项目将进行一些详细的案例研究。这些案例将取自整个信息通信技术领域，并将被选择以反映一系列问题和背景。这些个案研究的结果将被纳入资料库，并由道德观察站公布。我们将举办一系列工作坊，向市民介绍资讯及通讯科技带来的道德挑战，以及一些可能的应对措施。工作坊亦会让研究界检讨项目的进展，以及景观研究和个案研究的最终报告。为了充分发挥作用，所开发的框架必须与技术和产品开发链中进一步发生的实践保持一致。该项目将与专业机构和主要ICT领先公司合作，开始这一进程。我们也认识到，项目所寻求的变化将需要适当的立法和政策加以补充。该项目将通过研究理事会和相关专业机构开展工作，使相关行为者和利益攸关方参与进来。完成后，该项目将：a)创建一个充满活力的研究人员网络，这些研究人员对ICT研究中潜在的伦理问题的复杂性有着共同的理解；B)为社会提供了丰富的资源基础；c)建立一个道德观察站，从财务和研究的角度来看是可持续的；d)接触使用和依赖ICT的学科和社区。它将使社会对道德负责的活动设定期望，并帮助制定适当的立法和政策。

The Framework for Ethics in ICT project is the first attempt to take a holistic view of the ethical challenges posed by contemporary ICT research. The project has been constructed to engage researchers right across the spectrum of ICT research and to reach out to those other research disciplines and communities which use ICT. The motivating ethos of the project is one of engagement and community self-development. That is, the project seeks to facilitate the development of a common approach to the definition and resolution of ethical issues by the research community itself.To achieve this objective, the project will undertake a number of lines of activity. 1. An Ethics Observatory will be created to hold the information gathered within the project and to disseminate best practice, promote recommendations and engage external communities. Central in the resources held by the Observatory will be curriculum development materials, a New Research Support Pack together with tailorable resources for use in undertaking ethical assessments. 2. The project will undertake a comprehensive baseline study of current issues, challenges and responses to them as perceived by ICT researchers. This baseline study will provide a description of the landscape of ICT from an ethical point of view and hence will identify the key issues, barriers and enablers. 3. The project will undertake a number of detailed case studies. These cases will be taken from across the ICT spectrum and will be chosen to reflect a range of issues and contexts. The findings from these case studies will be included within the repository and publicised by the Ethics Observatory. 4. A series of workshops will be held which will serve to introduce the community to the ethical challenges posed by ICT and some possible responses to them. The workshops will also enable the research community to review the progress of the project and final reports of the landscape study and the case studies. To be fully effective, the framework which is developed will have to align to practices which take place further along the technology and product development chain. The project will engage with the professional bodies and key ICT lead companies to begin this process. It is also recognised that the changes sought by the project will need to be complemented by appropriate legislation and policy. The project will work through the Research Councils and the relevant professional bodies to engage relevant actors and stakeholders. On completion, the project will have: a) created a vibrant network of researchers who share a common understanding of the complexities underlying ethical questions in ICT research; b) provided a rich resource base for the community to access and use; c) created an Ethics Observatory which is sustainable from a financial and research perspective; d) reached out to disciplines and communities who use and depend on ICT. It will have held the community set expectations for ethically responsible activities and helped frame appropriate legislation and policies.