[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Ethics Question

[Greg Edwards]

dmyhand610 wrote:
> not create the site, she did, and I do not wish to take credit for the 
> work of others.  I am still being urged to remove her name, and by more 
> people.  Should I do this or stick to my ethical guns (Which is what I 
> am still convinced is right to do)?  Thanks, Dennis
> 

Dennis,

In purest sense of the ethics of being an employee, neither your name, 
or her name, should appear in a displayable format as the creator of the 
page.  Since this is a site developed for the school, and promotes the 
school, then only the school should be promoted.  A copyright notice 
should be on the page, and a contact point, usually by title, would be 
valid.

If the page was created on the clock, and the school was paying the tab, 
then the school owns the page.  Putting your name, in a displayable 
location, on work you did for pay is a form of advertising.  If the work 
was donated, the equation changes.  If you're selling an already 
completed work, then the equation changes.

Putting the authors name as the creator in the head of the source would 
be ethical and proper.  Building a page listing credits and contributors 
to the site would be ethical and proper, if the school approved.

-- 
Greg Edwards

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