[NTLUG:Discuss] OT: Ethics Question

[Will Senn]

Dennis,

This is not a a real ethical delemma. Simply remove the 'prominent' 
display of her name and, if there's a credit's page, create an 'Original 
Site Design by', type of attribution to her, if only to assuage your 
conscience. However, you should definitely remove any email references 
to her and have a maintainer/webmaster link added for yourself on each 
page. The delemma would come if you tried to take credit for her work, 
implicity or explicitly, which you should not do.

BTW, 'prominent' or vanity style attribution went out of vogue in the 
90's - today it's better ot be discreet.

Later,

Will

dmyhand610 wrote:

> I apologize for the off topic post, and for the distinct possibility 
> of the flame war which could ensue.  I know there are some HTML Coders 
> out there and they would probably best be suited to answer this.
>
> I am a High School teacher and I teach Web building among other 
> subjects, and one of my duties is to maintain the High School 
> Website.  Prominently displayed on the Site is the name of my 
> predecessor, and the fact that she created the site.  She left one 
> year ago this October and is no longer a School District employee.  My 
> name is below with an e-mail link for those who have questions or 
> comments about the site.  I have had several people ask me why her 
> name is still listed as the site creator and why my name isn't 
> listed.  I tell them it is because I did 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
>
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