Table 1: The main factors of point 2 in fundamental principles in the UK that were written in 'Statement of Ethical Principles for the Engineering Profession', which titled "Respect for life, law, the environment and public good", with comments on possible application for BCI products.
Regulations/laws (Statement of ethical principles, 2014) |
Possible Application in BCI products |
Health and safety requirements |
Low, and needs to rewriting and establishing |
Clarify the hazards |
Needs to be more clear and specified |
Lawful and justified work |
Needs to be acceptable in local or national organization, such as the MHRA (Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency) in the UK |
Physical and cyber security |
Low, and needs to provide a technology with high safety |
Personal information and intellectual property |
Needs both establishing laws and invented technology to provide high safety |