Abstract
While technological innovations are being introduced to different domains and markets, societal debates about this technology-driven attitude continue to grow. Digital platforms that connect content providers and users are in the focus of this debate, since some of them emerge on previously restricted markets breaking up or ignoring existent structures. This process is often accompanied by legal and sometimes moral uncertainty. To create socially and technically sustainable artifacts, it is crucial to consider legal and social aspects as early as in the artifact design phase. In this paper, the complex relationships between the platform actors are externalized as a role model and their legal dimension is explored and specified. It discusses the legal and ethical aspects of setting up a nonprofit information platform on the topic of electricity and mobility. In addition, this research lays out which concepts practitioners need to consider when designing and governing platform ecosystems.
Recommended Citation
Levina, Olga; Mattern, Saskia; and Kiefer, Felix, "Extending Digital Platform Governance with Legal Context" (2019). AMCIS 2019 Proceedings. 4.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2019/global_intnl_cultural_info_systems/global_intnl_cultural_info_systems/4
Extending Digital Platform Governance with Legal Context
While technological innovations are being introduced to different domains and markets, societal debates about this technology-driven attitude continue to grow. Digital platforms that connect content providers and users are in the focus of this debate, since some of them emerge on previously restricted markets breaking up or ignoring existent structures. This process is often accompanied by legal and sometimes moral uncertainty. To create socially and technically sustainable artifacts, it is crucial to consider legal and social aspects as early as in the artifact design phase. In this paper, the complex relationships between the platform actors are externalized as a role model and their legal dimension is explored and specified. It discusses the legal and ethical aspects of setting up a nonprofit information platform on the topic of electricity and mobility. In addition, this research lays out which concepts practitioners need to consider when designing and governing platform ecosystems.