How to Weigh Values in Value Sensitive Design: A Best Worst Method Approach for the Case of Smart Metering

Geerten van de Kaa*, Jafar Rezaei, Behnam Taebi, Ibo van de Poel, Abhilash Kizhakenath

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Abstract

Proactively including the ethical and societal issues of new technologies could have a positive effect on their acceptance. These issues could be captured in terms of values. In the literature, the values stakeholders deem important for the development of technology have often been identified. However, the relative ranking of these values in relation to each other have not been studied often. The best worst method is proposed as a possible method to determine the weights of values, hence it is used in an evaluative fashion. The applicability of the method is tested by applying it to the case of smart meters, one of the main components of the smart grid. The importance of values is examined for three dimensions of acceptance namely sociopolitical, market, and household acceptance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)475-494
Number of pages20
JournalScience and Engineering Ethics
Volume26
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Bibliographical note

Ibo van de Poel’s contribution to this publication was part of the project ValueChange that has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 788321.

Keywords

  • Best worst method
  • Smart metering
  • Technology acceptance
  • Value
  • Values

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