Tech on the Go: Ethics in Web Development

Discover what's at stake in the worldwide effort to bring ethical frameworks to all aspects of web design, as well as what you can do to make ethics part of your practice.

Introduction

• The ethics of web design

1. Exploring Ethics in Web Design

• Example: Manipulating capabilities
• Capabilities in ethics
• Example: Design for the privileged majority
• Utility, equity, and justice in ethics
• Example: Abdicating responsibilities
• Duties in ethics
• Example: Devaluing work
• Virtues and values in ethics

2. Making Ethics Part of Your Practice

• The challenge of bringing ethics into your practice
• Raising ethics issues in an effective way
• Using ethics proactively
• What to do when you're asked to do something unethical