Mastering Digital Humanism and AI Ethics
Lead with purpose in the age of AI and digital transformation. Equip yourself with the expertise to build responsible, value-driven technologies.
Join our Training Program
Our 2-part training program prepares professionals to integrate digital ethics and value-based decision-making into real-world practice. You’ll explore foundational moral philosophies, the role of values in system design, and the basics for key frameworks like the EU AI Act and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
As an Ethical AI & Systems Design Professional, you’ll demonstrate practical expertise in designing compliant and ethical AI and IT systems.
It is a highly practical, tested and certifiable approach to human-centered engineering. It makes organizations aware of the human and social challenges but also supreme innovation opportunities inherent in their IT systems. It is a successor of Value Sensitive Design and provides tangible substance to those who commit to Corporate Digital Responsibility (CDR).
VBE provides a structured and transparent way to translate value principles into IT system requirements ensuring that product management and technical units collaborate towards stakeholder value, minimal risk and legal compliance. Read the snapshot article from the IEEE Technology & Society Magazine or, in German, our overview in Informatik Spektrum.
Comprehensive hands-on Introduction
Get introduced to the VBE framework and how it allows for ethical, value-driven innovation. Discover the underlying ethical foundations that shape responsible design within VBE.
Standard application and personnel certification
Look into AI and especially Machine Learning and understand why it is a powerful technology that comes with pitfalls.
Understand the link to
the EU's AI Act
See how VBE and ISO/IEC/IEEE 24748-7000 align with the EU AI Act, supporting your organization to stay compliant with emerging regulations.
Access tools and
materials
Get a copy of the VBE Handbook and digital access to over 200+ PowerPoint slides, 70+ graphics, and forms that make implementing VBE in your organization seamless.
Course Overview
(Modules offered seperately)
Module 1
Fundamentals in Computer Ethics
- Digital Ethics – An Overview and Introduction
- What are Values?
- Value Prioritization
- Moral Philosophies
- Virtue Ethics and Technology
- Futurism and the Idea of Humankind (Menschenbild)
- Value Theory in Economic and Value-based Engineering
The course is delivered as blended-learning over the course of 4 months.
Module 2
Value Principles and Fundamental Rights
Learn to address bias, data protection, and ethical challenges in complex systems.
The detailed class outline will be provided shortly.
The course is delivered as blended-learning over the course of 4 months.
Shape the Future of Responsible Tech
Why you should choose this program
Becoming an Ethical AI & Systems Design Professional means building the skills that organisations urgently need in the age of AI. This program gives you a structured, practical, and internationally relevant foundation for leading ethical innovation — grounded in real methodologies, not just abstract principles.
Builds on the VBE methodology
The program expands your VBE Ambassador knowledge into deeper ethical reasoning, value analysis, and system-level decision-making.
Strengthens your professional credibility
You learn the foundations that modern AI governance frameworks – including the EU AI Act – expect from responsible leaders.
Connects ethics with real engineering practice
Ethical theories become applicable directly through the use of VBE.
Is designed for leaders who shape technology - not just follow compliance
Whether you work in engineering, product, compliance, risk, or public digital transformation, the program equips you to guide others and influence organisational strategy.
Is created by practitioners who work internationally in AI ethics and governance
ou learn from experts deeply involved in standards, assessments, and real implementation work.
Who should attend?
Engineers, product managers, and designers ready to apply ethical principles in a leading role to advanced system design challenges
Ethics and compliance professionals aiming to lead implementation of ethical and regulatory standards across teams
Leaders and senior experts seeking to drive organizational strategy and shape ethical innovation at scale
Professionals who want to work as a Value Lead.
Practitioners with basic knowledge looking to deepen their expertise in developing social and ethical systems
Engineers, product managers, and designers aiming to champion ethical system design within their teams
Ethics and compliance professionals ready to drive ethical practices across projects
Leaders seeking to embed values into product development and organizational strategy
Meet our Trainers
Sarah Spiekermann
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Mario Tokarz
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Our training lays the optimal foundation to get your expertise certified. Our course covers the full theory for the Austrian standards Value-based Engineering Ambassador Certification.
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