After reading these few articles, I learn about the ethics we need in our design careers. Ethics or Moral Philosophy is a branch of philosophy that “involves systematizing, defending and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct”. Every step in the design may involve ethical issues, such as using someone else’s photography, or illustration to embellish your own design. Or accidentally disclose customer information. I found that there seemed to be a lot of morally harmful events going on around me. Not only in my work, but I’ve heard of others doing the same. In design, ethics can involve a lot. Such as plagiarism, which is also the most serious one. Copyright awareness is very important for designers.
1a) For the use and purchase of images I need in my work, I will look for some images that can be used for commercial use and credit the source. Because these graphics are other people’s photographic works, we must indicate where they come from when we use them. For ordinary people, ordinary people will choose to go to large public websites such as Google to search for pictures. But many of the images on Google are messy, sourced from various sites, and unlicensed. I can even find pictures of my high school days online, just because the pictures are on the school website. So for the use of the image, we need to ensure that its source is available, otherwise, it may face huge compensation.
https://www.nearside.com/blog/can-you-use-pictures-from-the-internet-without-permission
1b) For businesses, non-disclosure agreements are essential for companies. Many large companies are required to sign non-disclosure agreements when hiring employees or participating in important projects. Because it concerns the confidentiality of the company. I think the existence of a non-disclosure agreement is crucial, it exists to avoid possible lawsuits and to deal with any violations promptly.
It’s as if you were going to surprise someone, but the person who helped you surprise them exposed your surprise. Then this is not a surprise, and at most, you can only ask him to pay you the money you prepared for the surprise. But for the company, if you leak the company’s secrets, you will face huge compensation (the amount booked in the non-disclosure agreement). Because such leaks can cause great harm to the company or even go bankrupt. Once an individual has signed an NDA, they cannot discuss any information protected by the agreement with any unauthorized party. Even if that person is your friend, you can’t reveal it. There is a saying that one pass ten, ten passes a hundred, when the news leaks to others and causes harm to the company, you will not know that it was leaked because of you.
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