Ethical Guidelines for Blockchain Systems

Signe Agerskov; Asger Balle Pedersen; Roman Beck

Ethical Guidelines for Blockchain Systems

Signe Agerskov, Asger Balle Pedersen, Roman Beck

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Abstract

Enterprise architects and IT systems developers must often decide ad hoc how to identify, assess and mitigate ethical issues of autonomous, rule-based systems based on blockchain technology. As blockchain systems are decentralized and immutable, developers must assess ethical risks, not only on an individual level but also on a network level along the life-cycle stages of a blockchain system. These ethical issues should be addressed and ideally mitigated by clearly defined norms and values that are intentionally incorporated in a blockchain system. As a reference for a normative system, we have chosen the European Union and its ethical values to discuss them in the context of ethical issues emerging from blockchain systems. This paper presents a top-down approach that establishes ethical guidelines for blockchain systems based on ethical issues mapped against European values.

Translated title of the contribution	Etiske Retningslinjer for Blockchain Systemer
Original language	English
Journal	European Conference of Information Systems
Number of pages	17
ISSN	0000-0034
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2023

Keywords

Ethics
Blockchain
Guidelines
Information Systems

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European Conference on Information Systems 2023
Pedersen, A. B. (Participant)
13 Jun 2023 → 16 Jun 2023
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The European Commission (Publisher)
Pedersen, A. B. (Reviewer)
8 May 2024
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts › Research

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Ethical Guidelines for Blockchain Systems

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