The document discusses several ethical and legal issues related to work in the design industry. It emphasizes the importance of respecting copyright and intellectual property by not stealing or copying others' work. Designers should also avoid lying, cheating, or working for free. The document recommends always using contracts for client work to protect both parties. Contracts should specify the scope of projects and terms of ongoing work arrangements.

1. Ethical & legal work practises in the design industry
1. In the context of design, share your knowledge on ethical and legal work
practises in day-to-day work activities.
Don't steal.
Don't copy.
Don't lie.
Don't cheat.
Do NOT work for free!
http://www.scribd.com/doc/47555891/Design-Business-and-Ethics
Protect Your Copyrights
By law, the graphic designer retains the right to his or her work. Owning the
rights to your work gives you the right to get paid for additional use of a design
and protect it from unwanted changes. Be careful of situations in which a client
requests "work-for-hire," as this implies you will not retain the copyright. There
are only certain situations in which this is legal.
Always Use a Contract
You may trust your client, and they may trust you, but a good rule of thumb is
to always use a contract. Signing a contract should not be seen as an
uncomfortable moment in which you are telling the client everything you require
and that they can't do. Instead, it should be seen as an agreement that protects
both parties. If you are constantly doing small jobs or updates for a particular
client, you may want to draft a contract that spells out the terms of this work
rather than having one for each project. Larger projects should have a specific
contract that details the job to be completed.
http://graphicdesign.about.com/od/thelegalside/tp/legal_tips.htm
2. How many different types of censorship are there?
information flows - a discussion of blasphemy, pornography, official
secrets and other issues
Onlineerotica - how much offensive material is online, is it growing, can it
be managed?
global frameworks - international agreements and national responsibilities
in the age of the global information infrastructure
Australian legislation - Commonwealth and state/territory legislation,
codes of practice, enforcement measures such as hotlines, and major
government/industry initiatives
elsewhere - overseas national and international legal frameworks for
online censorship
agencies - a map of the Australian and overseas government agencies

2. advocacy - making sense of business and community groups
texts - selections from the online and offline literature about censorship in
cyberspace
freedoms - free speech online and related policy challenges in national
and international information infrastructures
filters, walls and tunnels - mechanisms for controlling reception rather
than distribution of content (with an evaluation of filters, age-verification
schemes and other content management tools) and for evading national
firewalls
postal - interdiction of letters and other postal items
journalism - censorship of news, in particular newspapers and journals
books - censorship of books offers a perspective on the regulation of
online content
comics - censorship of comics and anime
art - censorship of painting, sculpture and other visual arts
photos - censorship of photography
performance - censorship of theatre and music
film - censorship of film and video
electronic games - censorship of video, console and networked games
radio - censorship of radio
television - censorship of radio
education - censorship in universities, secondary and junior schools
street life - 'speech in the street', demonstrations, graffiti and 'blue laws'
about Sunday trading
advertising - restrictions on advertising as a form of censorship
unplugged - taking nations offline
workplace - censorship and free speech in the workplace
prisons - censorship in custodial institutions
landmarks - some censorship and free speech landmarks
http://caslon.com.au/censorshipguide.htm
3. Can you list any other websites which relate to this topic of ethical and
legal issues in the design industry?
http://www.ethicsingraphicdesign.org/?page_id=36
http://www.ethicsingraphicdesign.org/?p=228
http://dpageek.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/ethical-issues-in-the-graphic-
design-business/
http://www.agda.com.au/about/code
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2011/02/ethics-in-the-design-field/

3. MethodsReviewPape
rNCRM-011.pdf