Social Problems with Design Flashcards
What is the education policy?
Governments have a moral and political responsibility to provide education for its’ citizens.
This should provide workers, consumers of the future with the necessary skills needed for making moral, independent judgements.
Example of the education policy in design?
(life and work skills(
- schools should teach the correct skills to become to find a suitable course in the future. Eg. evaluate products, make sure purchase is right.
- environment. including how to take care of it and the laws surrounding it eg. balancing out demands of industry
- cultural - free, democratic, mulitcultural society. Promote the understanding of different cultures to strengthen diversity. Business and industry
What is fracking?
The process where gases are released from rock using chemicals and pressure.
It is said to cause a lot of damage to the environment as the gas released it a greenhouse gas.
Example of the education policy?
environment
- Must teach about the environment. including how to take care of it and the laws surrounding it eg. balancing out demands of industry for housing against environmental issues.
- cultural - free, democratic, mulitcultural society. Promote the understanding of different cultures to strengthen diversity. Business and industry
Examples of the education policy?
Cultural awareness
- In a free, democratic, multicultural society. Promote the understanding of different cultures to strengthen diversity. Business and industry uses to identify target markets and minimise misunderstanding and insulting the target market between cultures (eg. cultural appropriation)
example:
In China the colour red symbolises good luck whereas the rest of the world sees it as danger.
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What is economic responsibility?
A company or business invests to improve the lives of its’ employees by upgrading machinery and training.
This can include creating education facilities to improve children’s skills.
eg. company cuts costs by not buying safety equipment for its’ staff. This decreases company safety,
How does TAX affect design?
Businesses have a moral and legal duty to pay tax, however, some businesses have found ways of minimising the amount they pay.
For example, they can claim that their profits flow through a different country with lower taxes.
What economic responsibility do businesses have to keep safety and well-being standards?
Moral and legal duty to limit working hours.
They must have adequate breaks, holidays and canteen facilities. Non-work related problems can also be discussed for time off (eg. pregnancy or grievances)
How does the media play a role in design?
Ethical Advertising - It does not present a false or misleading image to a customer nor make false claims about the product or service.
How does the media play a role in design?
Ethical Advertising - It does not present a false or misleading image to a customer nor make false claims about the product or service.
Environmental consequences of planned obselence?
They can be dumped into landfill.
Often phones are added to E-waste which can contribute to climate change through their harmful (sometimes toxic) gases.
What is the difference between planned obsolesces and perceived obsolescence?
Planned:
Restricts the life cycle of a product by giving it a short time of use. This could result in it needing replaced after a couple years or repairing frequently.
Perceived:
Customer decides to upgrade as the one they own is out of date but still works. Manufacturers often try to persuade this to get more profit.
