TY - GEN
T1 - Advancing the Study of Human Values in Software Engineering
AU - Winter, Emily
AU - Forshaw, Stephen
AU - Hunt, Lucy
AU - Ferrario, Maria Angela Felicita
PY - 2019/5/27
Y1 - 2019/5/27
N2 - This paper makes the case for the study of human values in Software Engineering (SE) as a highly important emerging area of research with significant societal implications. We offer two key principles in order to advance this research agenda: firstly, the significance of values as distinguished from, though connected to, ethics; and secondly, the need for clear theoretical frameworks for values study. We provide the emerging findings from an initial study (N=12 participants) using a Values Q-Sort tool that was designed in accordance with these two principles. We conclude with discussion around lessons learnt, ongoing challenges, and future directions.
AB - This paper makes the case for the study of human values in Software Engineering (SE) as a highly important emerging area of research with significant societal implications. We offer two key principles in order to advance this research agenda: firstly, the significance of values as distinguished from, though connected to, ethics; and secondly, the need for clear theoretical frameworks for values study. We provide the emerging findings from an initial study (N=12 participants) using a Values Q-Sort tool that was designed in accordance with these two principles. We conclude with discussion around lessons learnt, ongoing challenges, and future directions.
U2 - 10.1109/CHASE.2019.00012
DO - 10.1109/CHASE.2019.00012
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-1-7281-2240-3
T3 - IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE): Proceedings
SP - 19
EP - 26
BT - IEEE/ACM 12th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE)., Canada, 27/05/19: Proceedings
PB - IEEE
ER -