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  http://web4.cs.ucl.ac.uk/uclic/harold/srf/ethicomp99.pdf

  Ethics and consumer electronics Harold Thimbleby & Penny Duquenoy Middlesex University School of Computing Science LONDON, N11 2NQ United Kingdom http://www.cs.mdx.ac.uk Gary Marsden University of Cape ... Town Department of Computer Science Private Bag RONDEBOSCH, 7701 South Africa. http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ Abstract The design of car (automobile) radios exposes ethical issues in the design of consumer electronics. We show that car radios, despite being manufactured for many years and being a well-understood technology, are unsafe to use. It is implausible that manufacturers design such unsafe devices unwittingly. We argue that complex in-car devices raise clear ethical issues: (i) their complexity of operation demands and diverts driver attention from road safety (social ethics — social responsibility) (ii) the values embedded in their design (e.g., marketing values, seductive styling) are not consistent with their function (design ethics — issues of professional responsibility) Further,   [More...] [Less...]

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