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The deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology (connected devices enabling algorithmic analysis of behaviour and individualized feedback) has been growing increasingly over the last decades, including in the workplace where they can serve occupational safety and health (OSH) purposes. However, although the IoT is deployed for good aims, the use of these devices raises numerous ethical issues which have had little literature specifically dedicated to them. To fill this gap, we have investigated the ethical views of key stakeholders on the deployment of IoT for OSH. We conducted a focus group and semi-structured interviews including 24 stakeholders and analysed transcripts with an open coding method. Participants were favourably disposed towards the use of some versions of IoT (posture-tracker chair, step-tracker watch), but rejected other devices (sound-tracker on computer). They highlighted an important number of ethical issues which could be grouped into five overarching categories: goal relevance, adverse side effects, role of employees, data process, and vagueness. Their inputs were remarkably coherent with the issues highlighted in the academic literature. They also felt quite disenchanted and shed a stark light on the lack of information at the disposal of stakeholders in the front line to assess such technology. Our results provide important ground material on which to base necessary and still-awaited guidelines and regulation instruments.物联网（Internet of Things，IoT）技术——即可通过算法分析行为并提供个性化反馈的互联设备——在过去数十年间的部署规模持续增长，在工作场所场景中也得到了应用，可服务于职业安全与健康（Occupational Safety and Health，OSH）相关目标。然而，尽管物联网部署初衷良好，此类设备的应用却引发了诸多伦理议题，目前鲜有专门针对这些议题的研究文献。为填补这一研究空白，本研究针对职业安全与健康场景下的物联网部署，调研了关键利益相关方的伦理视角。研究开展了焦点小组讨论与半结构化访谈，共纳入24名利益相关方，并采用开放式编码法对访谈转录文本进行分析。研究对象对部分物联网设备（如坐姿追踪椅、计步手表）持支持态度，但反对电脑端声音追踪器等其他设备。他们指出了大量伦理议题，可归纳为五大核心类别：目标相关性、不良副作用、员工角色定位、数据处理以及边界模糊性。他们提出的观点与学术文献中提及的伦理议题高度契合。同时，研究对象表现出明显的幻灭感，并直白地揭示了一线利益相关方缺乏评估此类技术所需的相关信息这一现状。本研究结果为亟待出台的相关指南与监管工具提供了重要的基础依据。