A Practical Framework for Embedding Ethics into Daily Design Practice
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Dougal MacPherson
Summary
Lennart Overkamp revisits the concept of daily ethical design, arguing that despite initial enthusiasm, the design industry remains far from integrating ethics into daily practice. He provides a practical template for designers to redefine success beyond business metrics by engaging stakeholders around new priorities. The framework explores objectives spanning from individual well-being to global impact, offering actionable steps to structurally embed ethical considerations into design workflows, processes, and tools.
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· 3 pulledI argued that we need to overcome the inconveniences that prevent us from acting ethically and that we need to elevate design ethics to a more practical level by structurally integrating it into our daily work, processes, and tools.
Unfortunately, we're still very far from this ideal.
Designing ethically may sound daunting at first, but Lennart Overkamp sets forth a template for engaging stakeholders around new priorities, exploring objectives that span from individual to global…
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