A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems

Over the past decade, design science research (DSR) has re-emerged as an important research paradigm in the field of information systems. However, the approaches currently recommended for conducting design science research do not include an ethical component. Thus, the objective of this paper is to...

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Main Authors: Myers, M., Venable, John
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14245
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description Over the past decade, design science research (DSR) has re-emerged as an important research paradigm in the field of information systems. However, the approaches currently recommended for conducting design science research do not include an ethical component. Thus, the objective of this paper is to initiate a debate about the need for ethical principles for DSR in Information Systems (IS). To launch this debate, we suggest that a set of ethical principles for DSR in IS must be created. Although the interpretation and application of these principles might not always be straightforward, our argument is that all DSR practitioners in IS should devote at least some time to consider ethical principles.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-142452019-02-19T04:26:12Z A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems Myers, M. Venable, John Design science research Ethics Ethical principles Over the past decade, design science research (DSR) has re-emerged as an important research paradigm in the field of information systems. However, the approaches currently recommended for conducting design science research do not include an ethical component. Thus, the objective of this paper is to initiate a debate about the need for ethical principles for DSR in Information Systems (IS). To launch this debate, we suggest that a set of ethical principles for DSR in IS must be created. Although the interpretation and application of these principles might not always be straightforward, our argument is that all DSR practitioners in IS should devote at least some time to consider ethical principles. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14245 10.1016/j.im.2014.01.002 Elsevier BV fulltext
spellingShingle Design science research
Ethics
Ethical principles
Myers, M.
Venable, John
A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems
title A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems
title_full A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems
title_fullStr A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems
title_full_unstemmed A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems
title_short A set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems
title_sort set of ethical principles for design science research in information systems
topic Design science research
Ethics
Ethical principles
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14245