The Ethical Design Scorecards for Digital Teams
Difficulty Level:
Method Overview
The Ethical Design Scorecard is an assessment technique that is designed to help practitioners investigate the ethical implications of their products and services. The method employs a weighted assessment criteria to determine the ethical implications of different criteria and provides information on areas that require improvement and those that are going well.
Framework of ethics used:
consequentialist
pragmatist
Method Intentions:
Getting Started
You will need
Materials: Internet enabled computer
Participants: Participants can work individually or in groups
Steps:
- Download the excel sheet from the website
- Open the excel sheet and select the domain for evaluation e.g Data Science, UX, etc.
- Conduct the assessment by choosing a score for each of the assessment category
- Reflect on the scores and determine ways to improve, if necessary.
Further Reading
Citation
Falbe, T., Frederiksen, M. M., & Andersen, K. (2020, March). Ethical Design Handbook. Ethical Design Handbook. https://ethicaldesignhandbook.com/
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