Vision

By applying the same format and data structure to disclose the high-level design, ethical approaches, and capabilities of all digital (IT) products in the world, making it easier to compare and assess risks.

By organizing the offerings of digital products explicitly and concretely, classified by features. In this way, it becomes easier to know the privacy, cybersecurity, bias, influence, and other risk/value features contributing to the ethical ‘vector’ of the digital product.

By indicating the level of importance digital products assign to the ethical features it supports.

By providing means to publish ethics vector information in an open format that is easy to access for humans and machines.

By making the ethical disclosure accessible to everyone, in a standardized form at any time, for consultation or to be reused for integration purposes.

By displaying the visual labels reflecting the data and decision-making practices of the digital products to citizens, so that they can easily understand the risks they are facing without having to dig into legal jargon.

By improving the capacity for cooperation and dialogue between digital product owners, regulators, social agents, and citizens.

By allowing the interconnection of ethical disclosure with other product information.

By providing an open protocol (a mechanism) to read, write, and update ethical disclosure.