Chapter 13. Legalities, Integrity, and Morality
The design profession can be a bit of a jungle when it comes to ethical considerations. There’s no governing body to lay down a set of rules or guidelines that we’re required to follow. No professional accreditation is needed before we can call ourselves designers.
Other professions, such as architecture, law, or medicine, require those who practice to pass exams, but it seems fashionable for anyone to call him- or herself a designer, regardless of their day job. “I designed a flyer for my church,” “I designed the layout for my living room,” “I designed some T-shirts for my new clothing line,” and more can be heard from people who’ve no idea about kerning or CMYK.
Just because I can fix a leaky ...
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