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Responsibility Guidelines
Below is an shortened iteration of widely recognised AIGA professional designers guidelines https://www.aiga.org/standards-professional-practice, aim of which is to root a responsible work practice. For recommendations to update and add points, please suggest as new Issues.
1.1 A professional designer shall acquaint himself or herself with the Decred projects principles, practices and design standards and shall act in the Decred projects best interest within the limits of professional responsibility.
1.2 A professional designer shall not work simultaneously on assignments that create a conflict of interest without agreement of the collaborators concerned, except in specific cases where it is the convention of a particular trade for a designer to work at the same time for various competitors.
1.3 A professional designer shall treat all work in progress prior to the completion of a project and all knowledge of a projects intentions, production methods and business organization as confidential and shall not divulge such information in any manner whatsoever without the consent of the key collaborator(s). It is the designer's responsibility to ensure that all staff members act accordingly.
1.4 A professional designer who accepts instructions from a collaborator that involve violation of the designer's ethical standards should be corrected by the designer, or the designer should refuse the assignment.
1.5 A professional designer shall not knowingly accept instructions from a collaborator that involve infringement of another person's or group's human rights or intellectual property rights without permission of such other person or group, or consciously act in any manner involving any such infringement.
2.1 Designers in pursuit of business opportunities should support fair and open competition.
2.2 A professional designer shall not knowingly accept any professional assignment on which another designer has been or is working without notifying the other designer or until he or she is satisfied that any previous appointments have been properly terminated and that all materials relevant to the continuation of the project are the clear property of the client.
2.3 A professional designer must not attempt, directly or indirectly, to supplant or compete with another designer by means of unethical inducements.
2.4 A professional designer shall be objective and balanced in criticizing another designer's work and shall not denigrate the work or reputation of a fellow designer.
2.5 A professional designer shall not accept instructions from a project collaborator that involve infringement of another person's property rights without permission, or consciously act in any manner involving any such infringement.
2.6 A professional designer working in a country other than his or her own shall observe the relevant Code of Conduct of the national society concerned.
3.1 Any self-promotion, advertising or publicity must not contain deliberate misstatements of competence, experience or professional capabilities. It must be fair both to the Decred project and other designers.
3.2 A professional designer may allow a collaborator to use his or her name for the promotion of work designed or services provided in a manner that is appropriate to the status of the profession.
4.1 A professional designer shall not claim sole credit for a design on which other designers have collaborated.
4.2 When not the sole author of a design, it is incumbent upon a professional designer to clearly identify his or her specific responsibilities or involvement with the design. Examples of such work may not be used for publicity, display or portfolio samples without clear identification of precise areas of authorship.
5.1 A professional designer shall avoid projects that will result in harm to the Decred ecosystem and the public.
5.2 A professional designer shall communicate the truth in all situations and at all times; his or her work shall not make false claims nor knowingly misinform. A professional designer shall represent messages in a clear manner in all forms of communication design and avoid false, misleading and deceptive promotion.
5.3 A professional designer shall respect the dignity of all audiences and shall value individual differences even as they avoid depicting or stereotyping people or groups of people in a negative or dehumanizing way. A professional designer shall strive to be sensitive to cultural values and beliefs and engages in fair and balanced communication design that fosters and encourages mutual understanding.
5.4 A professional designer, while engaged in the practice or instruction of design, shall not knowingly do or fail to do anything that constitutes a deliberate or reckless disregard for the projects and it’s communities well-being, privacy, security and business therein.
5.6 A professional designer shall strive to understand and support the principles of free speech, freedom of assembly, and access to an open marketplace of ideas and shall act accordingly.