Framework for Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT

ICT伦理框架项目是对当代ICT研究所带来的伦理挑战采取整体观点的第一次尝试。该项目的目的是让整个信通技术研究领域的研究人员参与进来，并接触到使用信通技术的其他研究学科和社区。该项目的激励精神是参与和社区自我发展。也就是说，该项目力求促进研究界本身制定一种界定和解决伦理问题的共同办法，为实现这一目标，该项目将开展若干方面的活动。1.将设立一个道德观察站，以保存项目内收集的信息，传播最佳做法，促进建议，并与外部社区接触。天文台的主要资源包括课程发展教材、新的研究支援教材套，以及可供进行伦理评估之用的资源。2.该项目将对信息和通信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。这项基线研究将从道德角度描述信通技术的前景，从而查明关键问题、障碍和促进因素。3.该项目将进行一些详细的个案研究。这些案例将从整个信通技术领域中选取，并将选择反映一系列问题和背景的案例。这些案例研究的结果将被纳入知识库，并由道德观察站公布。4.将举办一系列讲习班，向社区介绍信息和通信技术带来的道德挑战以及可能的应对措施。讲习班还将使研究界能够审查项目的进展情况以及景观研究和个案研究的最后报告。为了充分有效，所开发的框架必须与技术和产品开发链上进一步沿着发生的实践保持一致。该项目将与专业机构和关键的信通技术领先公司合作，开始这一进程。人们还认识到，该项目所寻求的变革需要得到适当立法和政策的补充。该项目将通过研究理事会和相关专业机构开展工作，让相关行为者和利益攸关方参与进来。该项目完成后将：a）建立一个充满活力的研究人员网络，他们对信息和通信技术研究中伦理问题的复杂性有着共同的理解; B）为社区获取和使用提供了丰富的资源基础; c）建立一个伦理观察站，从财务和研究的角度来看是可持续的; d）与使用和依赖信息和通信技术的学科和社区建立联系。它将使社区对道德上负责任的活动抱有期望，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.