Ethical Design Tools

Ethical design tools are built to help shift our understanding of the sociotechnical aspects of technology. These tools help translate from ethical theory to practice, empowering engineers and policymakers with responsible approaches to the design and deployment of robotics and AI.

February 9, 2026

The Government of Canada falls short on its claims it used AI responsibly in its National AI Strategy Public Consultation

Graduating a Generation of Engineering Students Equipped to Consider the Ethics of Building Lethal Autonomous Weapons

The Critical Research Into Tech (CRiT) Toolkit

October 30, 2024

Effects of artificial intelligence and robotics on human labor: A systematic review

December 12, 2023

Art Critically Examining Generative AI

September 30, 2023

Three Principles for Testing Safety-Critical Robotics and AI In Public.

Ethical Principles for Infodemiology and Infoveillance Studies Concerning Infodemic Management on Social Media.

January 1, 2022

A Participatory Design Methodology to Elicit Aging-in-Place Stakeholder Concerns with Ambient Assistive Living (AAL) Devices During COVID-19.

October 1, 2020

Peer Review for Automated Decision-Making Tools Under Canada's Directive on Automated Decision-Making: A Model Peer Review Process and Recommendations for Best Practice.

September 20, 2020

Global Pandemic App Watch (GPAW): COVID-19 Exposure Notification and Contact Tracing Apps

Social Failure Modes in Technology and the Ethics of AI- presentation

Social Failure Modes in Technology and the Ethics of AI: An Engineering Perspective.

A Framework for Addressing Ethical Considerations in the Engineering of Automated Vehicles (and Other Technologies).

Designing Automated Vehicles Around Human Values

January 1, 2019

Foresight Into AI Ethics (FAIE): A toolkit for creating an ethics roadmap for your AI project.

Research Creation

January 1, 2019

The Myth of Agency: Prato

January 1, 2018

Lessons Learned: An Ethics Roadmap for Real-Time Predictions.

Hacking Metaphors in the Anticipatory Governance of Emerging Technology: The Case of Regulating Robots

January 1, 2017

Ethics Setting for Autonomous Vehicles.

November 28, 2016

An Ethics Evaluation Tool for Automating Ethical Decision-Making in Robots and Self-Driving Cars.

January 29, 2016

Delegation, Relinquishment, Responsibility: The Prospect of Expert Robots.

An ethical dilemma: When robot cars must kill, who should pick the victim?

Systematic Literature Review of Ethical and Responsible Assistive Technology Design and Development