Course content
This course applies legal and ethical analytical frameworks, concepts and notions to central issues of business and entrepreneurship in the domains of architecture and design.
The overall aim is to provide students with theoretical, practical and strategic insights and tools. These enable them to address matters of sustainability, technology, law and social and economic developments that condition contemporary design and architecture.
Course lectures provide opportunities to examine and discuss ways in which ethical and legal frameworks may contribute to transformative value creation in strategic design, including ways in which the creation of intellectual properties by designers and architects show potentials for creating social and economic value.
We explore scholarly contributions at the intersections of design, architecture, business and entrepreneurship, focusing on business ethics, ethics of creative AI, sustainability, circular economy and intellectual property, with a view to potentials for societal impact. Based on a firm understanding of diverse approaches and their interplay, the course will enable students to act ethically and legally attuned as future entrepreneurs, managers and strategic designers.
Real-life cases and guest lectures will complement readings and class activities in demonstrating the contribution of design and architecture to transformative business that pays heed to social, legal, environmental and ethical challenges of today.
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