WP10: Ethics Good Practice & Standards Paolo Petta

2 Humaine IST2006, , Ethics Ethics in Humaine Ethics and good practice are core aspects in emotion-oriented technology Goals pursued in Humaine: Theoretically sound approaches to ethics Drive and encourage good practice Develop sustainable approach to ethics Support practitioners, end-users, policy makers (including the very Commission)

3 Humaine IST2006, , Ethics Ethics in (and beyond) Humaine Research in Applied Ethics applicable in R&D Operationalisation of ethics guidelines, approaches, and methods Close collaboration between philosophy, emotion theory, and developers/“engineers” of emotion-oriented systems Develop practical approaches to ethics: identification of potential issues with given emotion-oriented system scenarios, and valid ways to address them

4 Humaine IST2006, , Ethics Ethics in (and beyond) Humaine Humaine Ethics Committee Every activity within Humaine must have ethical clearance Lack of existing related coverage within individual consortium members (even in “very high profile” institutions) Humaine Ethics Committee was established, using a dedicated approach i.e., reflecting important differences from, e.g., the medical and psychological domains

5 Humaine IST2006, , Ethics Ethics in (and beyond) Humaine Research Network Social Responsibility Reflection on and clarification of core responsibility of research networks Beyond reliability & validity, legality, and ethicality Sustained ethicality cannot be provided by regulations and tools (alone) Social responsibility: who are the stakeholders of (IST-funded) research?

6 Humaine IST2006, , Ethics Information about Humaine Humaine portal (IST2006 best web portal award) Upcoming events with public sessions: Humaine plenary (June 2007) Humaine WP10 (ethics) summer school 2007 WP10 leader: Paolo Petta, OFAI,

7 Humaine IST2006, , Ethics Disclaimer and Acknowledgments These notes reflect only the author’s views: the European Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained herein Humaine is funded by the European Union’s 6th Framework Programme OFAI is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture and by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology