Product Ethics
As product managers, we must make ethically sound decisions when designing and building our products as Product ethics is relevant in all aspects of the digital products we build, their design, and technology they use.
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Build products that are better for society: 7 principles to bring in responsible tech as a facilitator
In this article, Alexander Steinhart and Paulo Caroli discuss seven facilitation principles for building responsible products to make a positive impact in the world. Read more »
Ethics and magic algorithms - MTP Hamburg Engage 2022
At MTP Engage Hamburg 2022, there was a whole slot dedicated to the responsibility of a product manager, with two experts speaking on this pressing topic. Here you can see and read what Roisi Proven and Cennydd Bowles had to say. Read more »
Surveillance art, dying phones, and fake likes - Dries Depoorter at MTP Engage Hamburg
For MTP Engage Hamburg 2022 we invited Belgian artist Dries Depoorter to talk about his body of work over the past five years. This spans interactive installations, websites, a best-selling mobile app, and physical products. Here’s a recap of what we learned from his engaging session. Read more »
SUNDAY REWIND: Designing a sustainable future
As today is World Environment Day, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to look back at this amazing talk by Leyla Acaroglu. In the last keynote session at #mtpcon London+EMEA Day 2 she discussed creating a sustainable future. Read more »
Making your product more accessible
Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day. But why should Product Managers care about accessibility? In this post, we’ll tell you a quick story and the tips learned… Read more »
SUNDAY REWIND: An ethical sanity check — what would trolls do?
In this Sunday Rewind, we delve into a blog post by our very own Emily Tate, who explains why it’s important to address the risks that our products have on our users Read more »
Creating ethical product principles
Recent news on Facebook’s job advert bias is an unfortunate example of the responsibility all product people need to be aware of: what we build impacts the behaviour of our users for good or ill. It raises the importance of ethical product principles. Read more »
Privacy by design: flipping the script on privacy in product
For tech giants like Apple and Google, user privacy has traditionally been seen as something to avoid rather than a selling point for their products. However, driven by changing consumer sentiment and mounting political pressure, the same companies that previously appeared to approach privacy as an obstacle are now pushing it to the forefront of Read more »
The influence of psychological safety on product management
Psychological safety has recently become one of the buzzwords in many workplaces. Many leaders might understand its importance but they often misunderstand what exactly it means and how to establish it. Read more »
Integrating social responsibility into product development
It’s time to add socially responsible to the current product-development trifecta of desirable, feasible and viable. It’s no longer enough to focus on building products that are desirable for customers, feasible to build, and viable for our organizations. We need products that are socially responsible as well. Read more »