How to Weigh Values in Value Sensitive Design

How to Weigh Values in Value Sensitive Design: A Best Worst Method Approach for the Case of Smart Metering

van de Kaa, G. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation)
Rezaei, J. (TU Delft Transport and Logistics)
Taebi, B. (TU Delft Ethics & Philosophy of Technology)
van de Poel, I.R. (TU Delft Values Technology and Innovation)
Kizhakenath, Abhilash (KPMG IT Advisory)

Values Technology and Innovation

2019

Proactively including the ethical and societal issues of new technologies could have a positive effect on their acceptance. These issues could be captured in terms of values. In the literature, the values stakeholders deem important for the development of technology have often been identified. However, the relative ranking of these values in relation to each other have not been studied often. The best worst method is proposed as a possible method to determine the weights of values, hence it is used in an evaluative fashion. The applicability of the method is tested by applying it to the case of smart meters, one of the main components of the smart grid. The importance of values is examined for three dimensions of acceptance namely sociopolitical, market, and household acceptance.

Best worst method
Smart metering
Technology acceptance
Value
Values

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:9e5ee4b3-677e-450d-afbc-f5652e311f35

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-019-00105-3

1353-3452

Science & Engineering Ethics, 26 (1), 475-494

Ibo van de Poel’s contribution to this publication was part of the project ValueChange that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 788321.

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© 2019 G. van de Kaa, J. Rezaei, B. Taebi, I.R. van de Poel, Abhilash Kizhakenath