CREATING SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS – EXAMINATING INFLUENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF ENGINEERING DESIGNERS
DS 60: Proceedings of DESIGN 2010, the 11th International Design Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Year: 2010
Editor: Marjanovic D., Storga M., Pavkovic N., Bojcetic N.
Author: Hanusch, D.; Birkhofer, H.
Section: DESIGN METHODS
Page(s): 771-778
Abstract
The present paper shows a research approach for the identification of responsibilities for the implementation of social sustainability in the product creation process in order to develop socially sustainable products. For this, it gives an overview of the research on the field of sustainable products. Subsequent it describes the evolved approach. This approach consists of three main steps: collection of criteria catalogue, property related analysis of these criteria and process-oriented analysis for the identification of responsible company departments and external institutions.
Keywords: social sustainability, design for sustainability, engineering design, social responsibility