Extending the Overarching Properties with Ethical Principles

This paper proposes an extension of the Overarching Properties (OPs) theory to include ethical principles for consideration during the lifecycle of a software system. This extended theory, the Overarching Properties and Principles (OP2s), is a framework for generating assurance artifacts for complex systems with potential operational safety and ethical consequences. The goal of this paper is explore the value in making historically implied ethical considerations explicit to assure stakeholders that their engineered systems are suitable for public deployment.