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Ethics-by-Design Canvas: A Visual Inquiry Tool to Reduce Ethical Blindness in Digital Innovation Projects

Berney, Manon
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Hardebolle, Cécile  
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Bartłomiejczyk, Natalia
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December 2025
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2025)

Digital innovation can generate significant ethical risks, such as privacy breaches, digital addiction, or algorithmic biases. To reduce these risks, academics argue that digital innovations should focus on human well-being and flourishing rather than functionality or efficiency. However, even with these concepts in mind, the complex and often ill-structured nature of ethical risks makes it challenging for designers to identify them, a phenomenon known as ethical blindness, and develop effective mitigation strategies. To address this challenge, we introduce the Ethics-by-Design Canvas (EDC), a visual inquiry tool designed to promote ethical reflection early in the design process. By proactively identifying ethical risks, the EDC helps designers incorporate mitigation strategies from the outset, reducing the likelihood of ethical costs arising post-launch. Our evaluation results (N=26) suggest that the EDC is usable and effective in reducing ethical blindness and identifying mitigation strategies for ethical risks.

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conference paper
Author(s)
Berney, Manon

University of Neuchâtel

Hardebolle, Cécile  

EPFL

Bartłomiejczyk, Natalia
Ouaazki, Abdessalam  
Macko, Vladimir
Simon Knight

University of Technology Sydney

Jermann, Patrick  

EPFL

Ramachandran, Vivek  
Holzer, Adrian  
Date Issued

2025-12

Subjects

Digital Ethics

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Visual Inquiry Tool

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Ethical Blindness

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Digital Innovations

URL
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2025/ethical_is/ethical_is/1/
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AVP-E-LEARN  
Event nameEvent acronymEvent placeEvent date
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2025)

ICIS 2025

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

2025-12-14 - 2025-12-17

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February 19, 2026
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