Exam 1 Flashcards
Good Handshake
Firm grip 2 shakes max 3 handshake should end before verbal greeting stand shake from elbow
Fundamental Characteristics that define a profession
SELCPP Skills based on knowledge Education & Training Level of competence Code of conduct Performance of service Prof. association that organizes its members
What are goals?
Concrete ideas that rep. what you want to achieve
ongoing pursuit of a worthy objective until achieved
What are dreams?
hopes
Why are goals important?
They inform our decisions
SMART goals
Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time based
SIGNs of your strength
Success
Instinct
Growth
Needs
STOP your weakness
Stop doing it
Team up with someone strengthened by what weakens you
Offer up a strength more
Perceive the activity as a strength
The 3 E’s of the ID professions
Education (CIDA)
Experience
Examination (NCIDQ)
3 parts of the NCIDQ
IDFX, IDPX, PRAC
Title Acts
legislative measures concerned with limiting the use of certain professional titles by individuals who meet agreed-upon qualifications and
who have registered with a state board.
Practice Acts
guidelines established by legislation concerning what
person can or cannot do in the practice of a profession in a particular
state. Individuals whose profession is guided by practice acts must
register with a state board and meet exacting requirements.
CIDLO
Coalition of Interior Designers for Legislation in Ohio,
Inc.
Why do people act unethically?
motivated by self interest
careless
see no harm in their behavior
4 Major issues in ethical business
Conflict of Interest
Competition
Misuse of Proprietary info
Employee Theft
Fiduciary Duties (COI)
responsibilities assumed when one
person acts in a position of trust or
confidence for someone else. (COI)
Kickback (COI)
entail the return of a certain amount
of money from seller to buyer as a
result of collusive agreement. (COI)
Buying the Job (comp)
pricing the goods or fees at an unusually low
level in order to make the sale.
Misuse of Proprietary info
a wide variety of data or information, graphics, or designs that belong to a particular person or business taking secret strategies to competition about how your firm operates & client’s proprietary information trade secrets about a product financial information about firm or client
Constitutional Law
highest level of law in the US
State Constitutional Law
supreme law in the state
Statutory Law
This type of law is created by the US
Congress and state legislatures
Ordinances
Laws created by local governments, such as those regarding zoning, building codes, and traffic issues. Ordinance applies only within the municipality or county
Administrative Law
Rules and decisions of agencies of
federal, state and local
governments.
Case (common) Law
When a case is decided in court,
that ruling enforces or adds to case
law.
Uniform Law
Laws that try to bring consistency to
the numerous versions of similar
laws passed by individual states.
What kind of cases most often include ID?
Negligence & Breach of Contract
Negligence Liability
failure to exercise the standard of
care that a reasonable person
would exercise in similar
circumstances
Breach of Contract Liability
failure to complete (or properly
meet) the requirements of a contract
(Negligence) Duty of Care
the defendant (person being sued) owed a duty of reasonable care to the plaintiff.
(Negligence) Breach of Care
under reasonable person standard,
intentional or unintentional, care was broken.
(Negligence) Proximity of Cause
- action or omission caused the
injury or harm.
Assumption of Risk
the plaintiff (the person suing)
who knowingly and willingly enters into a risky
situation cannot recover damages if harm or injury
occurs.
Contributory Negligence
it must be shown that both
sides have been negligent and that injury has
resulted. Everyone should look out for his or her
own best interests and safety. (leads to next point)
Comparative Negilence
it is recognized that both parties are in some way
at fault, and thus their level of negligence is
compared and determined.
Tort Law
involves acts when a person commits a
wrong against another and causes injury
to the other, who is considered the
harmed party.
Intentional Torts
acts committed on purpose and with
knowledge that they were wrongful.
They must show intent.
Intellectual Property Laws
Copyright Trademark Patent Law
