European project European IoT has developed a tool (Bear & Co) to help companies improve ethical considerations in relation to IoT devices and data security. Bear & Co places participants from the VIRT-EU developer community into a virtual world, in which they become "employees" of a fictitious IoT start-up. Participants are asked to identify their core values, which are then tested in various scenarios. European IoT found that stated values often did not match the participant’s subsequent business decisions.
European project VIRT-EU has developed a tool (Bear & Co) to help companies improve ethical considerations in relation to IoT devices and data security. Bear & Co places participants from the European IoT developer community into a virtual world, in which they become "employees" of a fictitious IoT start-up. Participants are asked to identify their core values, which are then tested in various scenarios. VIRT-EU found that stated values often did not match the participant’s subsequent business decisions.