Ethical Guidelines for the Construction of Digital Nudges

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dc.contributor.authorMeske, Christian
dc.contributor.authorAmojo, Ireti
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-04T07:58:16Z
dc.date.available2020-01-04T07:58:16Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-07
dc.description.abstractUnder certain circumstances, humans tend to behave in irrational ways, leading to situations in which they make undesirable choices. The concept of digital nudging addresses these limitations of bounded rationality by establishing a libertarian paternalist alternative to nudge users in virtual environments towards their own preferential choices. Thereby, choice architectures are designed to address biases and heuristics involved in cognitive thinking. As research on digital nudging has become increasingly popular in the Information Systems community, an increasing necessity for ethical guidelines has emerged around this concept to safeguard its legitimization in distinction to e.g. persuasion or manipulation. However, reflecting on ethical debates regarding digital nudging in academia, we find that current conceptualizations are scare. This is where on the basis of existing literature, we provide a conceptualization of ethical guidelines for the design of digital nudges, and thereby aim to ensure the applicability of nudging mechanisms in virtual environments.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2020.480
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-3-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/64222
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectBehavioral Economics in the Digital Economy: Digital Nudging and Interface Design
dc.subjectdigital nudging
dc.subjectethics
dc.subjectguidelines
dc.subjectmanipulation
dc.titleEthical Guidelines for the Construction of Digital Nudges
dc.typeConference Paper
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