[IxDA Discuss] Ethical Issues for Interaction Designers

[Oleh Kovalchuke]

On 8/1/07, Oleh Kovalchuke <tangospring at gmail.com > wrote:
>
> When confronted with moral dilemma we have three options:
>
>    1. Delegate the moral responsibility to higher authority (business
>    owners, managers, corporate ethics).
>    2. Quit and move on to find projects more in line with our ethics.
>    3. Subvert. This can be an outspoken appeal to public at large or a
>    passive-aggressive subversion of poor design.
>
>
"Zutallo! I have missed one!"

The fourth popular option is to do Woody Allen's shtick: to see that what
you are doing is wrong, nevertheless to confirm and to agonize about it.
Then to work on your conflicts with psychoanalyst, watch The Office, read
Dilbert and tell each other that management sucks.
Oleh



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Oleh Kovalchuke
Interaction Design is the Design of Time
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