Davoud Mougouei

Abstract The recent U.S. Senate hearing on child safety failures in major social media platforms, gender bias in Amazon’s recruitment algorithms, and privacy lawsuits against Google over vague location tracking illustrate how software can neglect human values with societal and economic consequences. Addressing such oversights requires understanding how design choices impact values.

?Mathematical formulae have been encoded as MathML and are displayed in this HTML version using MathJax in order to improve their display. Uncheck the box to turn MathJax off. This feature requires Javascript. Click on a formula to zoom. ABSTRACT Software is designed for humans and must account for their values. However, current research and practice focus on a narrow range of well-explored values, e.g. security, overlooking a more comprehensive perspective.

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