Design Ethics

The term "ethics" refers to the moral principles that govern a person"s or groups behaviour. Ethics in relation to Graphic Design can largely effect the decisions of a graphic designer on a number of levels. They must consider how the design effects the consumer and the designs environmental impact. Ethics can also effect the designer themselves. For example financial issues and personal morals. This blog will be used to cover the following areas of design ethics:

• Environmental/sustainable design
• Designers personal morals, designers working for unethical companies
• Plagiarism within design
• Death of print and new media
• Designers working for free
• Magazine and Advertisments (consumer culture, airbrushing)