Trace the Ethical Complexity-EthicsTool Template

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"Tracing the Complexity" is a mapping toolkit that allows practitioners to map an ecological complexity model consisting of various individual, organizational, or societal factors using a toolkit provided to them.

This activity seeks to describe the ethical responsibility of practitioners at the ecological (E) level in the A.E.I.O.YOU model.

STEPS

Familiarize yourself with model components envision all your ecological factors such as roles, aspects, processes, bodies, relational verbs, etc.
Map all the relevant model components to create a version of a complexity model based on your everyday work in your organization on the worksheet (on the right).
Identify verbs as required to represent on the arrows in your mapping to narrate story behind your mapping.

Once you finish,

Mark where most ethics-related: knowledge lies (in Green), decision making lies (in Pink), tensions occur (in Blue), and support is needed (in Red).
Reflect on the outcomes from the previous steps and think about some changes to your current design practice.

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/

Shruthi Chivukula

Educator/ Researcher@Pratt Institute [School of Information]

I am an Assistant Professor at School of Information, Pratt Institute (Manhattan, New York). My interest lies in the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design, Ethics and Values, and critical qualitative research. My quirky side, I am a doodler who named her doodles "Shruudles", a Carnatic Classical Singer, a plant mom, a Formula1 follower who does not know how to drive, and a great cook (trust me!).