Ethical design through grounding and evaluation: The EDGE method for designing information systems for social impact
提出EDGE伦理设计方法，通过伦理基础化和影响评估两个关键活动，帮助设计师在系统开发中平衡伦理目标与功能及商业需求，并以能源行业可持续应用的重设计为例展示其效果。
The development of effective socio-technical information systems requires designers to balance ethical goals with functional capabilities and business objectives. To address this challenge, we propose EDGE, a novel ethical design method that focuses on two key activities in the systems development process—ethical grounding and evaluation of ethical impacts. We provide an empirical example of the EDGE method by applying it to the redesign of a sustainable application in the energy industry. This empirical example reveals the need for ethical clarity to ground and evaluate the app to achieve improved ethical performance and social impacts. We conclude with the implications of the new ethical design method and future research directions for its application and enhancement.