Ethical-Dilemma/ Tension Cards
‘‘Ethical-Dilemma/ Tension Cards’’ are elicitation tools to engage individual practitioners to reflect about their present or past ethical dilemmas as well as categorize them using the Tension Cards Categorization Worksheet. According to the A.E.I.O.yoU model, this activity seeks to describe and create awareness of ethical dilemmas and tensions faced by practitioners (Individual, yoU), as they perceive others (O) and during interactions (I) among the practitioners, at the practitioner level.
“I want to filter ethical tensions I have been facing in my everyday design work.”
15-20 minutes
Cards, Categorization Worksheet, Reading Resource, Pens, Post-its.
Ethical-Dilemmas/ Tensions Cards provide a list of (possible) ethical tensions, dilemmas, and situations faced by practitioners.
Dilemma/Tensions Cards Categorization Worksheet lays out a framework to sort Ethical Dilemma cards that practitioners often face, have seen others face, have talked about, have faced in the past, and never faced.
Cards categorization worksheet filled with dilemmas/tensions faced by a practitioner.
Continue to filter...
Begin adding your own cards and also share stories about them on the categorization worksheet.
Ideate the kinds of supports you might need to solve these dilemmas/ tensions
STEPS
Familiarize yourself with Ethical Dilemmas/Tensions cards (on the other sheet/board).
Filter and position each Ethical Dilemma card based on your everyday work in your organization on the Dilemma Cards Categorization worksheet. You can also add your own ethical dilemmas to the list.
Reflect and/or Share stories about instances from your previous or current experiences to elaborate and narrate on dilemmas you often face.
Express and ideate on what kinds of support you needed or need to solve the dilemmas.
Some questions you can reflect on as you filter:
How did I/we solve the dilemma then?
What kinds of supports do I/we need to solve these dilemmas/ tensions (in the past /current)?
What was your position when you faced this ethical dilemma?
What can you do/ suggest for someone else facing the same ethical dilemma/tension?
What can I do currently to resolve this ethical tension?
+ Create your reflective questions for yourself/team
Explore further by…
You can explore Ethical-Dilemma/ Tension Cards Elicitation further by engaging with variations of this toolkit.
V1 - Version 1
Do you want to learn through some dilemmas you are innately mediating in your everyday design work?
You feel reflective and want to reflect on your current ethical dilemmas you are facing and you want to work on a couple.
V2 - Version 2
Does your team want to communicate to each other about some tough conversations?
In your team, you felt like doing a quick brown-bag session or a group activity for all your team members to filter everyone’s ethical dilemmas and contrast.
V3 - Version 3
Are you looking for some team-based changes towards ethical decision making?
In your team, you feel like evaluating your current work practices through the lens of ethical dilemmas you are facing and see which ones you can change/ reduce/ remove.
