Ethical design is a risk management strategy

Image credit: Alois Komenda via Unsplash. Article by Kate Every. Published in UX Collective – October 19, 2022.

How do we convince decision-makers to make ethical design a priority?

Content warning: this article discusses suicide, please take care when reading.

TL;DR: It is not enough to talk about designing ethically as the “right thing to do.” Large organizations, operating in complex systems, have many competing priorities. Ultimately they are accountable to their shareholders and their bottom line. In order to appeal to decision-makers, we need to reframe ethical design as a risk management strategy. […]

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