This research project, discusses the Ethics in the Design Profession paper that will replace the 60 hours of remote work for this Semester. We reviewed these readings in class but please read closely the following items that we discussed during class and Discussion:
1. Four Chapters from the AIGA Design and Business Ethics Handbook. These chapters you can download as PDFs from the link provided below.
• Clients Guide to Design
• Use of Illustrations
• Copyright
• Use of Photography
https://www.aiga.org/design-business-and-ethics
2. Review/Read the Following Readings about the Shepard Fairey Copyright Case: The AP image Used in the “Hope” Poster during the 2008 Presidential Campaign.
Hope Poster
The PDF link below is an excerpt from William Fisher et al, “Reflections on the
Hope Poster Case,” 25 Harvard Journal of Law and Technology 244 (2012).
Hope_Poster_Case_Study (1)-
3. Examples of a Non-Disclosure-Agreement:
https://www.scribd.com/document/91894008/Non-Disclosure-Agreement
Sample Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreement from a previous internship:
Giselle Rodriguez Intern Agreement
Then, you are to write a four-page paper discussing the following elements regarding the AIGA readings and the Shepard Fairey Copyright case:
1. Your paper will discuss your experience at the internship related to the ethical guidelines discussed in the AIGA guide. Please discuss how your internship site handles sourcing of images and the company’s trademarks & logos. You should also discuss if you had to sign a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement at your internship site and any restrictions your site has placed with regard to your internship journal for this class. (I provided my experience of this in a separate word doc in materials.)
2. Then, your paper should consider:
a) Students are to reflect on whether, in the past, they have used another’s creative work and how have they given that artist credit? Did what you read in the AIGA chapters change how you think about using another Creative work? (This part can be made up with any work of art that is most likely to be used in an artwork.)
b) Students are to give their opinion of the arguments and outcomes of the Fairey Copyright case. You can read additional arguments about the case as well, finding articles in the college’s library databases.
I have provided the sources needed for this writing assignment under additional sources with the web sources on a word document.