Abstract
Software systems bring great benefits to people’s lives. Nevertheless, they can cause issues in terms of social and ethical implications toward individuals and society, and compromise their ethical values. Therefore, it is crucial to consider all potentially-concerned stakeholders during the system design process, as they are the primary source of value and requirements identification. In this study, we aim to evaluate the effect that two ethics-driven instruments we have created (i.e., a stakeholder map and a value model) may have on supporting ethical considerations (such as stakeholder and ethical value), using the case of an Access Control System. The paper presents the insights gained from this evaluation, performed as a retrospective study.
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In the stakeholder map, solid circles represent stakeholders identified before introducing the instruments, while dotted circles correspond to those identified after the introduction.
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In the value model, solid circles depict values identified before introducing instruments, while dotted circles represent them after the introduction.
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Appendix A is available in the GitHub repository https://github.com/S2-group/ECSA23-SIVD-rep-pkg.git.
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We would like to thank the ACS designers for their contribution to enhancing our understanding of the system from an ethical standpoint. Also, we thank the gym members for their valuable feedback. The work has been partially supported by ARS01_00540 - RASTA project, funded by the Italian Ministry of Research PNR 2015–2020. The authors De Sanctis and Iovino acknowledge the support of the MUR (Italy) Department of Excellence 2023–2027 for GSSI.
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Alidoosti, R., De Sanctis, M., Iovino, L., Lago, P., Razavian, M. (2024). Stakeholder Inclusion and Value Diversity: An Evaluation Using an Access Control System. In: Tekinerdoğan, B., Spalazzese, R., Sözer, H., Bonfanti, S., Weyns, D. (eds) Software Architecture. ECSA 2023 Tracks, Workshops, and Doctoral Symposium. ECSA 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14590. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66326-0_5
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