This chapter discusses the notion of “responsible innovation” and “value sensitive design”. It applies these notions to standardization and more specifically to standard selection. Based on earlier research (Van de Kaa, 2013; Van den Ende, Van de Kaa, Den Uyl, & De Vries, 2012), it is proposed that standards should be flexible to facilitate changes related to ethical and societal values. An acc...

Responsible innovation is an important consideration for digital health innovation. This study explores the responsible processes of innovators, and reinforcement practices. Using semi-structured qualitative interviews followed by a thematic analysis narrative enquiry, we understand lived experiences innovators in UK Norway. We suggest three contributions. (1) That Innovation occurs as process ...

T he nature and purpose of academic and industrial research has slowly been changing during the past decades. Academic research, in particular of the applied nature, is more frequently done in collaboration with industrial partners and attracts funding from industry or private foundations that support research. Even public funding agencies increasingly require scientists to justify their work b...

European Journal of Information Systems (2012) 21, 207–211. doi:10.1057/ejis.2012.19; published online 20 March 2012 The field of information systems (IS) is characterised by a plurality of positions and approaches that defy simple definitions or characterisations. One aspect that I believe many, if not most, IS scholars can agree on is that IS research aims to describe and understand the use o...

Service-Dominant Logic (S-D Logic) and service science provide a way for innovators learners to look at the world differently thereby improve quality-of-life people over time. The continued development of as an emerging transdiscipline will depend on developing better measurements tools understanding past future identities, reputations, values, goals, strategies entities interacting achieve out...

This Open Access book highlights the potential of and opportunity in responsible R&I to conduct innovation a socially way.