Laura Scherling Ed.D. is a designer, researcher, and author. She is a director and faculty at Columbia University, USA, and researches emerging technologies, design, media, and sustainability topics. She completed her doctorate at Columbia University Teachers College.

Andrew DeRosa is Assistant Professor of Design at Queens College, CUNY, USA, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Communications Design at the Pratt Institute, USA.

INTRODUCTIONPrefaceAcknowledgments Introduction to the Selection of Texts

Foreword: Assumptions of Ethics and Agency in Design
Johanna Drucker

In Search of a Philosophy for Design Ethics
Laura ScherlingDESIGN IN SOCIETY

Designing Ethics in Large Scale Sociotechnical Systems
Jeffrey Chan

All Models Are Wrong: Information Design in a Post-truth World
Rachel Berger

Swiping Left on Empathy: Gamification and Commodification of the (Inter)face
Sarah Edmands Martin

Dark User Experience: From Manipulation to Deception
Marc Miquel-Ribé

Designing Safe Spaces for Virtual Reality: Methods for Merging Body Sovereignty Theory into VR Design Practice
Michelle Cortese, Andrea Zeller

Who Owns the Smart City? Towards an Ethical Framework for Civic AI
Michael A. Madaio, Sarah Edmands Martin

Design Possibilities and Responsibilities in Framing Well-being
Heekyoung Jung
THEORY AND COMMUNICATION

Design and Emergent Ethical Crises
Peter Buwert

Designing Ourselves to Death: The Politics of Progress Versus an Ethics of Survival in a Diminishing World
David Stairs

Freedom and Communication Design: An Ethical Approach
Sara Velez Estêvão

About an Ethics of Design Activism
Maziar Rezai

Ethics in Contemporary Civic Engagements: Towards an Ethics of a Minor Design Activism
Tau Ulv Lenskjold, Sissel Olander

Graphic Design and Activism: Reflecting on Interactions
Andréa PosharWORK AND PEDAGOGYWORK
Designing Tools for Low-Income Community Organizing
Luke Jordan

Design and Sustainable Development: Beyond Aesthetic and Functional Qualities
Iván Asin

Designing Ethics Tools for Self-Reflection, Collaboration, and Facilitation
Ciara Taylor, Samantha Dempsey

Noto Project: Between Harmony and Homogeneity
Suna Jeong

The Role of Ethics Online and Among Social Media Designers
Meredith JamesPEDAGOGY
Caring for What We Leave Behind: Ethical Considerations in Social Innovation Pedagogy
Mariana Amatullo

Perpetuating Class Divide: The Reality of Graphic Design Internships
Kathryn Weinstein

Highlighting Race Issues Through Mentoring and Design
Sabrina Hall, Anjali Menon

The Design Process is a Research Process: Students and the Ethics of Inquiry
David Gelb, Angela Norwood

Home: The Ethics of Addressing In-Equal Design
Peter Claver Fine

Threading Ethics in a Design Curriculum
Paul J. Nini IndexAuthor Biographies