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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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Prerequisites

Skills you’ll gain with course:

Master Ethical Frameworks — Learn to build frameworks to navigate complex moral decisions in product development
Design for Privacy — Discover ways to build and maintain user trust through fair and transparent practices
Create Inclusive Products — Reach broader markets by designing for users with diverse abilities and backgrounds
Build Sustainable Impact — Reduce environmental footprint while meeting business goals and user needs

Syllabus


Level 1

Ethical Product Design in the 21st Century

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Understand core ethical principles, stakeholder responsibilities, and emerging AI ethics challenges in product development

Level 2

Key Ethical Domains in Product Design

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Master privacy, accessibility, well-being, and sustainability considerations for responsible product design
Privacy & Data  Lesson
250 PX
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Level Test 2

Level Test

500 PX
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Level 3

Ethical Product Design in Practice

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Apply ethical frameworks throughout the product lifecycle from discovery to end-of-life decisions
Certificate

Earn a certificate of completion

Ethical & Responsible Product Design  Certificate
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FAQs

What is the Ethical & Responsible Product Design course about?

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.


Why should I take the Ethical & Responsible Product Design course?

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.


What prior knowledge do I need before taking this course?

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.