# Product Stewardship **Domain:** Enterprise / Sustainability **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Product Stewardship** is responsibility for a product's quality, durability, sourcing, effects, and relationship with customers across its useful life. ## Mechanism and Practice Stewardship opposes value extraction through premature failure or concealed harm. Durable design, careful sourcing, honest testing, repairability, feedback, and accountability allow a product to strengthen rather than consume trust. ## Relationships - **Related concepts:** [[wiki/Stewardship|Stewardship]] · [[wiki/Trust|Trust]] · [[wiki/Business Ethics|Business Ethics]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Planned obsolescence turns customers into repeat victims. Products deliberately designed to fail quickly extract money while eroding trust. Makers who design for longevity build reputations that outlast any single sale.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Authenticity and the New Power Structure - Livestream (Oct 2015)* [[reminders/Product Stewardship/Products Built to Fail Erode Trust by Bryant McGill|Products Built to Fail Erode Trust by Bryant McGill]]