Trustworthy Solution

There are different tools and frameworks to apply ethics in design and development of systems out there. One of them is ECCOLA: a Method for Implementing Ethically Aligned AI Systems. ECCOLA aims to help organizations develop more ethical AI systems by providing tools for developers to implement AI ethics in a practical manner. With SimplyMember the method has been applied to a blockchain system instead of AI.


Method helps to think of many perspectives that stakeholders could expect from this blockchain-related system. These perspectives include for example, data privacy, system safety, accountability issues and possible impacts on environment and society.


ECCOLA provides tangible tools for considering ethics. During the creative and innovative design and development phases ECCOLA method gives food for thought on ethical issues. But it also works afterwards when making changes to the system. With ECCOLA we can build more trustworthy systems You can read more about the ECCOLA Method and how to use it here.

Ethical requirements of SimplyMember

Transparency:

  • Document code & progress

  • Communicate relevancies to stakeholders

  • Account for vulnerabilities and threats.

Data and Safety:

  • Form a data privacy and protection policy

  • Follow regulations and laws on data

  • Give only relevant access to data

  • Record given accesses

  • Assess risks

Fairness & Wellbeing:

  • Assess environmental impact

  • Assess the societal impact

  • Ensure equal priority between stakeholders

  • Analyse potential end-user groups

  • Account for unequal accesses

  • Involve stakeholders in development

Accountability:

  • Ensure auditability

  • Follow laws and regulations

  • Have a redress plan

  • Renew stakeholder analysis and risk-analysis periodically

  • Inform stakeholders of possible threats

  • Inform end-users on ethical questions


With periodical threat and vulnerability assessment potential issues are known to self. Make that known to stakeholders. Ethical value creation and business model ensures trustworthiness. Seek foresight about future impact on environmental and societal level. Let no trade-offs be made on detriment of stakeholders. With legality, transparent communication and redressability accountability is ensured. In SSI trustworthiness is a valuable asset.