Beyond Ethical Frameworks

To design is to make decisions for others. Because it involves an exchange of power, however slight, design is best understood as a moral pursuit. When we build digital tools for authoring, managing, and shaping content on the web, we're responsible to humans—sometimes humans with conflicting interests. In this presentation/discussion, we'll explore how professionals working within institutions have unprecedented opportunities to go beyond narrow frameworks and incorporate digital ethics into their lives and practices—whatever their role.