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Cody’s document, paragraph with a bold title is to be submitted in the final output.

intended audience,purposefunctions;

strengths and weaknesses related to the 2 models;

The value-sensitive design model is strong at analyzing what components, or values,explain why the users are excited or interested in using a system. When the systemsupports the values of the users you have an increased level of interest, and an increasedlevel of system use. The value-sensitive design works well to critique already existingsystem, in that you can directly survey a user of the system to ask which values of thesystem they most appreciate. The method is difficult to implement at the planning anddesign phases of a system, because it is hard to envision all of what the system will do, andto make sure that the system’s implementations are built around this value. If the outputsof the system are clearly defined, and the user’s expectations of emphasized values are wellknown, this caveat to the value-sensitive design method virtually disappears. It is definitelyimportant in a planning phase to underscore the values that the users will most value,ensuring that the system embodies these values in every aspect.Value-Sensitive Design:AutonomyInformed Consent – Any new application or additional facet of facebook is required to askfor your consent to use any personal or private information. Similar to the cookieexperience of the browser.AccountabilityCourtesyCalmnessHuman welfareOwnership & PropertyPrivacy – lots of options to customize privacy, respect one’s own value in privacy.Freedom from biasUniversal usability – same experience for all users, not a watered down version or filteredversion for different users. Any person can share, tag, comment, everything except yourown personal private data can be collaborated with another user. Multiple languagesupport, ability to switch between multiple, in output as well as input.

Trust – Trust it’s own honor, it’s commitment to privacy. Generally always trusted to beaccessible, and available; also not worried about outside intrusion. Facebook also allowsit’s own developer code to be accessible, they trust you at some level.

the most important ethical/value dimension; and how well the system addressesthem;

When considering the most important ethical value that the Facebook system adds ina Value-Sensitive Design approach, we feel that

privacy

is the highest prioritized ethicalvalue. The entire Facebook system is built around the idea of privacy, of access, of whatitems and pages you are allowed to see or allowed to be a part of. Every facet of Facebookhas some sort of privacy layer to it whether it is an individual’s profile page, a discussiongroup, an event, a fan page, and even the third party applications. Every one of thesecomponents has a layer to it, a private layer that is obscured from the general browser andis only accessible or possibly even viewable by the direct owner of that page. There are many examples of how privacy plays an important role to the users, of howit is valued by the users. In our day of increased online activity and a plethora of information, children using the internet require an advanced form of protection in any sort of social networking environment. Facebook approaches this by allowing a user to becompletely invisible to the larger community, keeping the user from being found throughany form of searching through the system. The user requiring this maximum privacy alsocan only allow individuals of their choosing to see their profile and information; these usersare called “friends.” Facebook uses the human value of “friends” to define who you want toshare your information with. This idea of a “friend” is linked to our human value of a friend, itis assumed that someone you are “friends” with, is someone you are comfortable sharinginformation with, having them know things about you and your life.With the multiple facets of trust built into the Facebook system, there stems asecondary value that users appreciate:

trust

. When we believe that Facebook adequatelyprotects our private information, there builds a value of trust between the Facebook systemand the user. Users trust Facebook to maintain the privacy rule set that the user hasspecified, and that no violations should occur. If this value of trust between the system anduser were violated in any way, users would be untrusting of using the Facebook system tocontain such private and personal information. We can see that from an adequateimplementation of the value of privacy, the value of trust is also created and supportedbetween the individual users and the system itself. This privacy-trust relationship increasesthe amount of users that use the system, and promotes a healthy experience.overall recommendation to the University of Washington.

Final Recommendation:

We recommend the Facebook system for the University of Washington on two facetstake from Taylor’s Value-Added model, and the method of Value-Sensitive Design. TheUniversity of Washington, being an academic institution, highly regards privacy and integrity