The ability or official authority to decide what is best for others. The ability to decide who will have access to resources. The capacity to exercise control over others.
Leaven 2003 Doing Our Own Work
Visions, Inc. and the MSU Extension Multicultural Awareness Workshop
WHAT DRIVES THE TECH INDUSTRY? WHAT DRIVES THE DESIGN ORG? WHAT DRIVES THE COMPANY? WHAT DRIVES THE RACIAL CAPITALIST SYSTEM? WHAT DRIVES THE PRODUCT TEAM? WHAT DRIVES THE LOCALE?
Oftentimes, employee performance is tied to how they were able to impact OKR achievement Employees have an incentive (direct or indirect) to fulfill their OKRs EMPLOYEE PERSPECTIVE
Deceptive design can pose as a threat to our autonomy WHY DECEPTIVE DESIGN IS UNJUST At best, they are a nuisance to most…at worst, they can hurt the most marginalised in our communities
VIRTUE ETHICS vertu (“moral excellence” in French) Habitually-established way of living life according to excellent character traits tracing back to Confucius and Aristotle Habitually-established
RELATIONAL AUTONOMY relatio (“recount” in Latin) + al (“like” in Latin)
+ autos (“self” in Greek) + nemein (“just deal out” in Greek) Socially-embedded framework for autonomy was pioneered by Catriona Mackenzie and Marina Oshana, among others Socially-embedded
DEONTOLOGY déon (“duty” in Greek) + logos (“knowledge” in Greek) Intents-based ethical framework that is most commonly associated with Immanuel Kant’s philosophies Intents-based
CONSEQUENTIALISM consequentia (“effect” in Latin) + ism (“system” in Latin) Results-based ethical framework that is often associated with Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill Results-based
INTENTS RESULTS EMPATHIZE DEFINE IDEATE PROTOTYPE TEST EVALUATE FORECAST MONITOR ship! ^ Is the problem statement we defined even ethically worthy of being addressed?
RESULTS Can any ethical violations occur if we implement this idea? What are they? EMPATHIZE DEFINE IDEATE PROTOTYPE TEST EVALUATE FORECAST MONITOR ship! ^ INTENTS
RESULTS Are there any new ethical issues occurring? How can we design around them? EMPATHIZE DEFINE IDEATE PROTOTYPE TEST EVALUATE FORECAST MONITOR ship! ^ INTENTS
…AS AN INDUSTRY Overhaul our metrics we use to gauge our performance Create a new pipeline for a diverse and inclusive workforce Equip designers with more than just design skills