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Ethics and Altruism: What Constitutes Socially Responsible Design?
Author(s) -
Cooper Rachel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
design management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1948-7169
pISSN - 1557-0614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1948-7169.2005.tb00197.x
Subject(s) - altruism (biology) , corporate social responsibility , public relations , social responsibility , sociology , environmental ethics , political science , social psychology , psychology , philosophy
Businesses are making responsible design an explicit feature of their development processes and long‐term competitive strategies. Initiatives range from responding to the needs of less privileged and underserved constituencies to design for safety and design against crime. Rachel Cooper surveys these perspectives, their sources, and the effects they are having on the design profession, the corporate community, and society in general .