Ethics in the Workplace

What jobs have unwritten codes of Ethics?

• Professional Gamer

• Teacher

• Doctor

• People who commit identity theft

A co-worker, Stacy, also runs a small business in her home. Several times a month she collects paper clips, post-it-notes, and other office supplies from the office to take to her home business. What action that Stacy could take represents an ethical decision?

• Stop taking the office supplies home for any reason
• Stop taking the office supplies home except once a month
• Take the office supplies home only if there are plenty of supplies at work
• Take the supplies home as long as they are in open packages

Kathy downloaded a few photos of local organic farms from Flickr.com's Creative Commons (CC). She follows the rules of the photographers' CC licenses and uses them in a digital video about sustainable agriculture. What she has done is legal. 

• True
• False

Rules based on moral principles about how businesses and employees ought to conduct themselves. 

• Guidelines
• Employee Handbook
• Laws
• Business Ethics

A set of guidelines for maintaining ethics in the workplace. 

• Code of Ethics
• Code of Conduct
• Integrity
• Code of Honor

Any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and transformative purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize or parody

• Intellectual Property

• Fair Use

• Laws

• Patent

What is copyright? 

• a form of protection
• an image
• a form of protection for kids
• copies of work

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is Copyright Infringement?

• using someone work without permission

• copying of someone work

• liking someone's work

• a picture of someones work

Is being ethical important to you?

• Yes

• No

What question (s) should you ask yourself whenever you are faced with an ethical dilemma?

• Is it legal

• Who does it affect?

• Is it right

• All of these