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Ethics in the Design World: When to Say No

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Should there be a kind of Hippocratic Oath for design professionals? Architects, landscape architects, planners, and engineers sometimes find themselves involved in projects that pose challenging ethical questions. From the construction of major infrastructure projects that result in the displacement of indigenous populations, to the design of execution chambers within prisons, to labor issues on construction sites, where do design professionals draw an ethical line? Raphael Sperry, AIA, LEED AP, president, Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR); Kathryn Prigmore, chief operations officer, STUDIOS architecture; and Arvind Ganesan, Human Rights Watch, discuss ethics in design and when it might be time to say “no” to a project. The program is moderated by architecture professor and Museum curator Susan Piedmont-Palladino.

1.5 LU HSW (AIA) / 1.5 CM (AICP) / 1.5 PDH (LA CES)

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Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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