Ethical Tech Innovation: A Value-Based Engineering Podcast

VBE Academy

This podcast explores a framework for fostering ethical innovation in technology. Covering topics from Artificial Intelligence (AI) to User Experience (UX), it highlights the ethical challenges associated with technological advancements and introduces Value-Based Engineering as a systematic approach to address these issues. Value-based Engineering (VBE) is standardized in ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-7000 Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design. It is a highly practical, tested and certifiable approach to human-centered engineering. It makes organizations aware of the human and social challenges but also supreme innovation opportunities inherent in their IT systems. It is a successor of Value Sensitive Design and provides tangible substance to those who commit to Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR). VBE provides a structured and transparent way to translate value principles into IT system requirements ensuring that product management and technical units collaborate towards stakeholder value, minimal risk and legal compliance.

Episodes

  1. Ethical Impact of Cultured Meat and Seafood: Interview with Lukas Madl

    27/10/2025

    Ethical Impact of Cultured Meat and Seafood: Interview with Lukas Madl

    In the first part of this mini-series, host Joshua Roe speaks to Lukas Madl, founder and CEO of innovethic about they used VBE to make an ethical assessment of cultured meat and seafood.

    30 min

  2. 09/06/2025

    Ethics and Technology in Government Services

    Host Joshua Roe, is joined by Mario Tokarz to discuss how Value Based Engineering can help public services use technology in an ethical way. The episode focuses on city government services including how VBE is used for the City of Vienna's "Mein Wien" platform and the wider issues when implemented technological development in government services.

    14 min

  3. 05/05/2025

    The Importance of Systems and Standards for Ethical Tech Innovation

    Host Joshua Roe, is joined by Mario Tokarz to discuss how systems and standards can improve the ethical design of technology innovation. Mario describes how he got into Value Based Engineering as it offered a more substantial way to integrate ethics into engineering design. He also discusses the ethical problems raised when designing and testing autonomous vehicles. The significance of the standard ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-7000 in comparison to other standards is also discussed.

    19 min

  4. 19/02/2025

    The Basics and Background of Value-Based Engineering

    In this episode of Ethical Tech Innovation, host Joshua Roe is joined by Professor Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff and Mario Tokarz, co-founders of the VBE Academy, to explore value-based engineering (VBE).  Sarah and Mario provide examples of how VBE can be applied in various contexts, including AI systems, to ensure that technology serves the greater good.

    30 min
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This podcast explores a framework for fostering ethical innovation in technology. Covering topics from Artificial Intelligence (AI) to User Experience (UX), it highlights the ethical challenges associated with technological advancements and introduces Value-Based Engineering as a systematic approach to address these issues. Value-based Engineering (VBE) is standardized in ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-7000 Model Process for Addressing Ethical Concerns During System Design. It is a highly practical, tested and certifiable approach to human-centered engineering. It makes organizations aware of the human and social challenges but also supreme innovation opportunities inherent in their IT systems. It is a successor of Value Sensitive Design and provides tangible substance to those who commit to Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR). VBE provides a structured and transparent way to translate value principles into IT system requirements ensuring that product management and technical units collaborate towards stakeholder value, minimal risk and legal compliance.

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