CEN/TS 17834:2022
(Main)European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession (EU ICT Ethics)
European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession (EU ICT Ethics)
This document will provide an “European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession (EU ICT Ethics)” to support the vision of establishing a profession for the ICT workforce. It will thereby offer the possibility to coalesce other ethics focused initiatives around a common structure.
This ethics framework will be directly linked to EN 16234-1. It will incorporate the structural concept of EN 16234-1 and, in a comparable way, describe a blueprint of what is required and what competencies, skills and knowledge are needed to identify and address the ethical challenges that ICT professionals face in their work.
Therefore it will extend the ethics principles already described in the "Transversal Aspects of the e-Competence Framework" in such a way that concrete requirements and procedures can be defined and implemented in the respective context on the basis of the roles, methods and processes defined in the framework.
The Scope therefore is to crystalize ‘ICT Professional Ethics” into a manageable, structure “European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession” and to provide guidance on practical application provided by a methodology and application guide that will support the establishment of codes of ethics.
Europäischer berufsethischer Rahmen für den IKT-Beruf (EU ICT Ethics)
Evropski okvir poklicne etike za poklic IKT (etika EU IKT)
Ta dokument bo zagotovil evropski okvir poklicne etike na področju informacijske in komunikacijske tehnologije (IKT) (»European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession (EU ICT Ethics)«) in s tem pripomogel k uresničitvi vizije o vzpostavitvi poklica za delovno silo na področju informacijske in komunikacijske tehnologije. Zaradi tega bodo lahko druge pobude, osredotočene na etiko, temeljile na skupni strukturi.
Ta etični okvir bo neposredno povezan s standardom EN 16234-1. Vključeval bo strukturno zasnovo iz standarda EN 16234-1 in primerjalni opis temeljnih zahtev in usposobljenosti, veščin ter znanj, ki so potrebni za opredelitev in obravnavo etičnih izzivov, s katerimi se pri svojem delu srečujejo strokovnjaki na področju informacijske in komunikacijske tehnologije.
V njem bodo etična načela, ki so že opisana v poglavju o presečnih vidikih krovnega seznama e-usposobljenosti (»Transversal Aspects of the e-Competence Framework«), razširjena tako, da bo na podlagi vlog, metod in postopkov, določenih v tem krovnem seznamu, mogoče opredeliti in izvajati konkretne zahteve oziroma postopke v ustreznem kontekstu.
Cilj je torej poklicno etiko na področju informacijske tehnologije izoblikovati v t.i. evropski okvir poklicne etike na področju informacijske in komunikacijske tehnologije ter s priročnikom o metodologiji in uporabi, ki bo podpiral vzpostavitev etičnih kodeksov, zagotoviti smernice za njegovo praktično uporabo.
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2022
Evropski okvir poklicne etike za poklic IKT (etika EU IKT)
European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT Profession (EU ICT Ethics)
Europäischer berufsethischer Rahmen für den IKT-Beruf (EU ICT Ethics)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CEN/TS 17834:2022
ICS:
03.100.30 Vodenje ljudi Management of human
resources
35.020 Informacijska tehnika in Information technology (IT) in
tehnologija na splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
CEN/TS 17834
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
SPÉCIFICATION TECHNIQUE
July 2022
TECHNISCHE SPEZIFIKATION
ICS 03.100.30; 35.020
English Version
European Professional Ethics Framework for the ICT
Profession (EU ICT Ethics)
Europäischer berufsethischer Rahmen für den IKT-
Beruf (EU ICT Ethics)
This Technical Specification (CEN/TS) was approved by CEN on 17 July 2022 for provisional application.
The period of validity of this CEN/TS is limited initially to three years. After two years the members of CEN will be requested to
submit their comments, particularly on the question whether the CEN/TS can be converted into a European Standard.
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available promptly at national level in an appropriate form. It is permissible to keep conflicting national standards in force (in
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Contents
European foreword . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Structure of the Professional Ethics Framework .10
4.1 Introduction . 10
4.2 Basic Definitions . 10
4.2.1 How to define ICT professional ethics . 10
4.2.2 EN 16234-1 (e-CF) definitions of ICT and ICT professional . 10
4.2.3 CEPIS definition of ICT professionals. 11
4.2.4 IFIP and ACM definition of ICT professionals . 11
4.2.5 Professionalism in related e-Skills projects . 11
4.2.6 ICT professional ethics in related e-Skills projects . 11
4.2.7 Professional ethics . 12
4.2.8 ICT Professional ethics . 13
4.3 The history of the EC and European values in terms of ethics . 13
4.3.1 Introduction . 13
4.3.2 Human dignity . 13
4.3.3 Freedom . 14
4.3.4 Democracy . 14
4.3.5 Equality . 14
4.3.6 Rule of law . 14
4.3.7 Human rights. 14
4.4 European values of ICT ethics - prior research and policy work . 14
4.5 Framework content and structure . 17
4.6 ICT Professional Ethical Responsibilities . 20
4.7 Language and the Ethics Framework . 21
4.8 Standards and frameworks, the liaison with ethics . 22
5 Ethical theories, models and frameworks in ICT fields .23
5.1 Introduction . 23
5.2 Exploitation of theories, models and frameworks . 24
5.2.1 Ethical theories and models . 24
5.2.2 Ethical frameworks . 24
5.2.3 Methodology and scope . 25
5.2.4 Ethics reflection from theory to ICT practice, the role of Case Studies cases . 25
5.3 Challenges and solutions to real settings implementation . 46
5.3.1 ICT related challenges . 47
5.3.2 Strengths and weaknesses of the implementation process . 47
5.3.3 Effective components of the framework . 47
5.3.4 Professionalism and organisational ethics . 48
6 ICT professional ethics as part of competence and knowledge. 48
6.1 Introduction . 48
6.2 How to use with EN 16234-1 (e-CF) . 49
6.3 How to use with CWA 16458 (EU Role Profiles) . 49
6.4 How to use with other ethics codes. 50
6.5 How to use with tools/methods . 50
7 Taking the framework into the organisation: context, culture and leadership . 50
7.1 Introduction . 50
7.2 What is the value proposition? . 51
7.3 The five main ICT business areas and their connection to EN 16234-1 (e-CF) . 52
7.4 Organisational steps to implement ICT ethics within an organization . 53
7.5 Implementation of the framework in the daily life of an organisation . 54
7.5.1 Leadership and Organizational structure . 54
7.5.2 Implementation method . 55
8 Implementation: ICT Ethics framework (ICTEF) in practice . 56
8.1 ICTEF implementation guidelines . 56
8.2 Guidelines for code of ethics implementation . 56
8.2.1 Drafting Code of Ethics . 57
8.3 Guidelines for Ethics Committee/Ethics Board Implementation . 60
8.3.1 Scope . 60
8.3.2 Independence . 61
8.3.3 Transparency . 61
8.3.4 Composition . 61
8.3.5 Ethics Committee - Tasks . 62
8.4 Guidelines for the Ethical Dialogue . 62
8.5 Guidelines for Ethics Canvas . 63
8.6 Guidelines to use ICT Ethics framework in an ICT Professional body . 65
8.7 Procedures. 65
8.7.1 Internal procedure to trigger ICT ethics issues . 66
8.7.2 Public procedure to trigger ICT ethics issues. 66
8.8 Register . 67
8.9 Ethics by design tools . 67
8.9.1 The life cycle of technology: The entire value chain . 67
8.9.2 Ethical Operating System OS Toolkit (Ethical OS Toolkit) . 68
8.10 How to use with other frameworks .
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