This article investigates the conceptual foundations of technological innovation and development projects that aim to bring ethical and social issues into the design stage. Focusing on the ethics and social impact of technological innovation and development has been somewhat of a trend lately, for instance in ELSA research and in such initiatives as the Dutch Responsible Innovation programme. I...

The concept of “responsible (research and) innovation” (RRI) can refer to a number of separate but interlinked questions: who is responsible? what are they responsible for? why are they responsible? or what are the consequences of these responsibilities? are just some of the more obvious ones. This chapter will discuss some of the most pertinent of these questions with reference to information ...