ES4.3 Technology embodies the values of the developers.

Technology transmits and embodies assumptions and values when choices are made during the development stage. For example, decisions to adopt particular standards, to use particular methods, to implement particular features, to adhere to particular criteria, and even to design to the specification are all value-laden decisions. In the case where value decisions can have harmful effects, they then become ethical decisions which have to be considered. In the larger sense we can make the case that it is unethical to ignore the values embedded in technical artifacts when there is the possibility for harmful consequences.