Ethics in Design

Ethical behavior is a system of moral principles

Professionalism and ethical behavior in the workplace can benefit your career and improve your working environment. Business ethics is what constitute right or wrong behaviors in the business world and the application of moral principles to any situations that may arise in an industry setting.

 Understanding examples of professional and ethical behavior can help you to develop your own effective work habits. Be conscious of how you treat co-workers and your workplace attitude and you can improve your productivity and effectiveness.

Unethical behavior can emerge when people are motivated by self-interest, when people become careless, or they just might not see any harm in their behavior. As an Interior Designer to have good ethical behavior we need to know where our boundaries lie in terms of what is acceptable to our colleagues, ours customers, and the communities that we work in. This in turn becomes our code of ethics were integrity, honesty, being accountable, being equal, being aware of our obligations, and upholding good values come into play.  As designer our ethical behavior shows our clients that we respect them and that we have their best interest in mind. As designers we have an obligation to protect the public health and safety and this is our ethical behavior.