Value Sensitive Design

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Value Sensitive Design, or VSD, is a theoretically grounded approach to design that accounts for human values in a principled and comprehensive manner[1]. The term stems from the interest of designing technology and information systems that support enduring human values. Value sensitive design is an attempt to provide a theoretical and methodological framework with which to handle the aspect of value in design workCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.

Mechanics of Value Sensitive Design

Conceptual Investigations

Empirical Investigations

Technical Investigations

Problems

What Values to Include in Design?

One issue presented when engaging in the design value sensitive design process is deciding what values to implement into a design.

How to use these values to shape the design process

Choosing between conflicting values

Verifying the designed system embodies the intended values

Ethics in Value Sensitive Design

Privacy

Bias in Design

Examples

The Voyeur's Motel

References

  1. Himma, Kenneth Einar; Tavani, Herman T., eds. (2008). The Handbook of Information and Computer Ethics (PDF). John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN 978-0-471-79959-7. Retrieved 8 July 2016.