Method-Resonance Heuristics Ethics Tool

“Method Heuristics'' is an evaluation-based activity where practitioners will be provided with designed method heuristics tags to evaluate existing ethics-focused methods designed for design work.

According to the A.E.I.O.yoU model (part of the bigger toolkit), this activity seeks to evaluate ethics-focused supports at an artefact (A) level.

STEPS

• Familiarize yourself with the Method Heuristics provided to evaluate a method.

• Select/ Identify an ethics focused method that you want to evaluate or currently using in your team. Here is a list of ethics focused methods.

• Evaluate the method using this worksheet by:

  • Placing Intention Cards and matching them to the Design Phase (cards) the method can be used in.

  • Bookmarking on the method with Ecology Heuristic Tags and Artefact Heuristic Tags.

• Reflect, tweak, and edit to identify how the method can be tweaked to be used in your ecological setup for ethical decision making.

Tools in the whole toolkit: 

• Trace the Ethical Complexity (“I want to see my ethical position within my organization map.”): https://miro.com/miroverse/trace-the-ethical-complexity-ethics-tool/

• Ethical Tension Cards (“I want to filter ethical tensions I have been facing in my everyday design work.”): https://miro.com/miroverse/filter-ethical-tensions-ethics-tool/

• Dilemma Postcards (“I want to share my story around some ethical dilemmas I faced in my workplace.”): https://miro.com/miroverse/dilemma-postcards-ethics-tools/

• Methods-Resonance Heuristics (“I want to evaluate a method I want to use to build ethical design products.”): https://miro.com/miroverse/method-resonance-heurisitics-ethics-tool/