Ethics Driven Development - The study of what is right and wrong in human behaviour

This topic was presented by Sanjay Saini at the Scrum Day India 2024 event, organized by AgileWoW - www.agilewow.com.

What is Ethics?
The study of what is right and wrong in human behaviour

The discipline of dealing with what is good or bad and with moral duty and obligation

How Ethical you are?

How would you rate yourself on Ethics?

How would you rate your organization on Ethics?

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Ethics Driven Development
Photo by Arie Wubben on Unsplash

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Sanjay Saini
Approx. 30 years, worked across
different domains – healthcare,
manufacturing, energy efficiency,
banking etc.
Wanted to be a fighter pilot,
dolphins in my pool and horses in
my farm
I want to develop teams and organizations where I can send my kids to work
Introduction

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What is Common in these Companies?

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Volkswagen Diesel Gate – Origin of Feature Toggle

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Volkswagen Diesel Gate
Jan’ 2017, Automotive Research Association
of India (ARAI) published and revealed that
1.2 L, 1.5 L, 1.8 L and 2.0 L diesel variant
across three brands – Audi, Skoda and
Volkswagen are impacted
The report called the defeat device "not a
product failure but a clear case of
cheating"

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What is Ethics?
The study of what is right and wrong in human behaviour
The discipline of dealing with what is good or bad and with moral duty and obligation

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What is Ethics?

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Ethics in Product Development
1. Intentions
2. User Humanity Centric Approach
3. Design and Technology Choices
a.Dark Patterns
b.Calm Technology
c.Ethical Product Design Principles
4. Scalability, Usability, Maintainability, and Ethicality
5. Abusability Testing
6. Consider the environmental impact of your work

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Ethics for Scrum Team
1. Only Done items in the Sprint Review
2. Do not build features that nobody wants
5. Utmost Transparency without creating panic
4. Team working agreement around Ethical practices
6. Respect open source licenses and give credit where it's
due. Avoid using pirated or unlicensed software.
3. Connect with the real Users Persona of your product

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How Ethical You Are?
1.How would you rate yourself on Ethics?
2.How would you rate your organization on
Ethics?

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How Ethical You Are?
If somebody puts a gun to your head,
hands you another gun and tells you to
shoot a third person and if you comply?
You are guilty of murder. You cannot justify
your action saying that you did it to save
your life.

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Take Accountability of Your Actions
It’s the Doctor, not the Hospital,
that takes the Hippocratic Oath
Source - https://medicopy.net/sites/default/files/styles/team_landing_400_400_/public/2018-10/Radio_med.JPG?itok=1daUqnIJ

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17. References
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https://www.uxmas.com/2018/the-rise-of-design-ethics/
https://www.romanpichler.com/blog/product-ethics/
https://www.romanpichler.com/blog/four-product-success-factors/