Ethical & Responsible Product Design
Learn to build products that respect users, society, and the planet while driving sustainable business growth
About this course
In a world that’s so heavily interconnected, product design carries unprecedented responsibility. Every feature you ship affects millions of users, shapes behaviors, and impacts society. This course equips you with the frameworks and practical tools to navigate ethical challenges throughout the product lifecycle.
You'll explore how to balance business objectives with user well-being, privacy rights, and environmental sustainability. From AI ethics and data privacy to accessibility and attention economy concerns, you'll learn to identify ethical pitfalls before they become PR disasters or regulatory violations.
Beyond theory, you'll gain actionable strategies for embedding ethics into your team's workflow. Learn how to conduct privacy impact assessments, design for digital well-being, create inclusive products, and measure your environmental footprint. Whether you're building consumer apps, enterprise software, or AI-powered services, this course provides the ethical foundation every modern product manager needs to create products that truly serve humanity.
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Topics covered
Syllabus
Ethical Product Design in the 21st Century
Level Test
Key Ethical Domains in Product Design
Level Test
Ethical Product Design in Practice
Level Test
Earn a certificate of completion
Meet your course instructor
From self-taught designer to leading an industry-changing learning platform, my journey has been all about continuous upskilling and real-world application. I built my career by taking on high-stakes projects, from freelancing across global teams to scaling UX in a U.S. enterprise company, where I led design for multiple product teams in complex industries.
Over the past 10+ years, I’ve worked across freelance, startup, and enterprise environments, experiencing firsthand the challenges of learning UX on the job. That’s why, in 2020, I co-founded Uxcel — to create a better way for designers to build their skills efficiently. Today, 500K+ professionals and 200+ teams use Uxcel to grow their UX and product management expertise.
I believe the best learning happens in small, impactful steps, not in overwhelming theory. My courses are built to help you grasp key concepts fast, sharpen your skills, and gain the confidence to apply them in real-world work.
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FAQs
This course teaches product professionals how to build products that balance business success with positive social impact. You'll learn frameworks for addressing privacy, accessibility, sustainability, and well-being concerns throughout the product development process.
Ethical lapses can destroy user trust, trigger regulatory penalties, and damage your company's reputation. This course helps you proactively identify and address ethical issues, making you a more valuable product professional who can protect both users and business interests.
You should have basic product management knowledge and understand the product development lifecycle. Familiarity with user research methods and design thinking principles will help you get the most from the ethical frameworks presented.