Maadmob website » mentoring http://maadmob.com.au Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:15:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Ethical issues and information architecture http://maadmob.com.au/presentations/ethics-ia http://maadmob.com.au/presentations/ethics-ia#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 01:00:30 +0000 donna http://maadmob.com.au/?p=23 This presentation examines some of the ethical issues that we face as information architects, including:

  • The myriad of effects of our design decisions on users
  • Working with clients and peers
  • The consequences of creating categories and classifying objects
  • What inclusive design really means
  • Personal beliefs and their role in projects
  • How can we design for sustainability
]]> Information architecture affects people – there’s no doubt about that. And in any practice that affects people, a range of ethical issues come into play. Each and every decision we make can help or hurt many – our users, clients, peers and even our profession as a whole.This presentation will examine some of the ethical issues that we face as information architects, including:

  • The myriad of effects of our design decisions on users
  • Working with clients and peers
  • The consequences of creating categories and classifying objects
  • What inclusive design really means
  • Personal beliefs and their role in projects
  • How can we design for sustainability

I’m not a philosopher, so this presentation will be very much from a practitioner’s perspective. It may even be funny!

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