Ethic Dilemas within Industrial Design

        I feel that the most important ethical dilemma within industrial design is upholding and benefiting the profession. This includes mainly keeping a professional state of mind, and being able to proudly put your name behind your design. If a product is obviously a cheap spin off of a ground breaking successful product, than as a designer you are copping out and essentially creating filler for a landfill, or at the very least a material which can be broken down and recycled into something more beneficial for mankind. Also if a product is obviously half-baked and is lacking elements of basic ergonomics or convenience, it ultimately will fail and become dollar-store material or dog and small children's chew toys. Thus devolving the ultimate goal of industrial design: facilitate life for the user and/or world.
      On a more specific note, I feel that each design should bring something new to the table. Each design might not be mind boggling or IDSA award winning material, but it should include a concept or process which has not been done before. This could even include combining two or three existing concepts and connecting them in a way which is new and innovative.
      I feel that no product should be shamelessly copying another in order for profit. Each product, even if it is in the dollar store will affect the user. If the user is shopping in the dollar store, than they probably have a hard enough life, besides battling with a poorly thought through and designed product trying to achieve whatever the products meaning in life could be.