Technology development practices in industry are often primarily focused on business results, which risks creating unbalanced power relations between corporate interests and the needs or concerns of people who are affected by technology implementation and use. These practices, and their associated cultural norms, may result in uses of technology that have direct, indirect, short-term, and even long-term negative effects on groups of people and/or the environment. This paper contributes a formative framework -- the Responsible and Inclusive Technology Framework -- that orients critical reflection around the social contexts of technology creation and use; the power dynamics between self, business, and societal stakeholders; the impacts of technology on various communities across past, present, and future dimensions; and the practical decisions that imbue technological artifacts with cultural values. We expect that the implementation of the Responsible and Inclusive Technology framework, especially in business-to-business industry settings, will serve as a catalyst for more intentional and socially-grounded practices, thus bridging the responsibility and principles-to-practice gap.
翻译:工业技术开发做法往往主要侧重于商业成果,这有可能在公司利益与受技术实施和使用影响的人的需求或关切之间造成不平衡的权力关系,这些做法及其相关的文化规范可能导致对人群和/或环境产生直接、间接、短期甚至长期不利影响的技术的使用,本文件提出了一个形成框架 -- -- 负责任和包容性技术框架 -- -- 围绕技术创造和使用的社会背景进行批判性反思;自我、商业和社会利益攸关方之间的权力动态;技术对过去、现在和将来各个社区的影响;以及使技术工艺品具有文化价值的实际决定。 我们期望,实施负责任和包容性技术框架,特别是在企业对企业的行业环境中,将起到催化作用,促进更有意和有社会基础的做法,从而弥合责任和原则对实践的差距。