Dr. Peter Buwert P.Buwert@napier.ac.uk
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Dr. Peter Buwert P.Buwert@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer
Cristiano Storni
Editor
Keelin Leahy
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Muireann McMahon
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Peter Lloyd
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Erik Bohemia
Editor
Many of the professional organisations within the various fields of design activity publish professional codes of ethics in one form or another. This paper opens up a discussion of the role which professional codes might play in relation to the ethicality of design activity. A framework for understanding the roles and functions which professional codes may play is constructed using concepts drawn from the literature on professional codes. The content of fourteen professional codes issued by design organisations is presented and examined. There does appear to be a broad consensus across the content of the codes examined. However, the matter of whether this consensus reflects a profession-wide convention is debatable. The paper concludes with a discussion presenting possible critiques of the nature and operation of professional codes within the context of design, and reflecting on some of the implications of this analysis for how we might reasonably think about the relationship between professional codes and bigger questions of the ethicality of design.
Buwert, P. (2018, June). Examining the Professional Codes of Design Organisations. Presented at Design Research Society 2018: Catalyst, Limerick
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (published) |
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Conference Name | Design Research Society 2018: Catalyst |
Start Date | Jun 25, 2018 |
End Date | Jun 28, 2018 |
Acceptance Date | Feb 2, 2018 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 25, 2018 |
Publication Date | Jun 25, 2018 |
Deposit Date | Mar 5, 2018 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 13, 2018 |
Volume | 1 |
Pages | 172-186 |
Series ISSN | 2398-3132 |
Book Title | Proceedings of the Design Research Society 2018: Catalyst |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.21606/dma.2018.493 |
Keywords | design organisations; ethics; professional codes; professional ethics |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1076625 |
Contract Date | Mar 5, 2018 |
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