Interdisciplinarity, self-governance and dialogue: the participatory process underpinning the minimum ethical standards for ICTD/ICT4D research
2020
Concerns about ethical issues in ICTD/ICT4D research have been growing in recent years,
alongside calls to agree minimum ethical standards. This paper reflects on the three-year
participatory process, co-facilitated by the authors, that has led to collective agreement on
such a set of minimum ethical standards for ICTD/ICT4D research. The standards have been
published (at http://www.ictdethics.org) under a Creative Commons licence, and are open for
further comment. The current version has been endorsed by the ICTD conference series, and
there is ongoing dialogue about their implementation by other conferences, journals, and
funding bodies.
While the standards themselves are a collective effort, in this paper the facilitators lay out
their own specific thinking and approach to the co-production process that they designed and
facilitated. It considers the successes, potential for further improvement, as well as critical
features underpinning the standards’ legitimacy. These reflections may help guide other
research communities interested in such participatory self-regulation processes.
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