The impact of design and innovation on society and the environment

Question 1

Ethical issues example

Answer 1

• Designers are encouraged to incorporate ethical practices in their design especially industrial settings. They must account for health and safety for the end user, employees and the wider community.
• New technologies such as drones can bring up negative questioning for use in war or in spying although can be contradicted by its beneficial uses such as emergency medical supplies, tracking and monitoring wildlife, detection of poachers and security reasoning.