Abstract:
The relationship between information technology (IT) and society is marked by a dual normativity, where societal norms and values shape IT development and deployment, while the use of novel technologies in turn influences and potentially transforms societal norms, values, and practices. With a distinctive and evolving understanding of IT, the information systems (IS) field has the potential not only to address legal compliance but to support value judgment issues and to promote a productive and informed discourse. This research note describes how researchers from IS, law, and ethics collaborated while enhancing each discipline individually and the discipline intersections. In doing so, the authors specify an interdisciplinary, boundary-spanning framework that can help other researchers to foster research at these disciplinary intersections. This approach involves a reciprocal process around boundary objects in form of phenomena, concepts, and values. Additionally, this research note offers further recommendations to mitigate the diverse challenges that can arise in interdisciplinary research.
