Felecia Hutchins CSEC 2018-2019

Ethics

Intellectual Property

1. a) Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind like inventions, literary and artistic

work and symbols, names, images and designs used in commerce.

b) Industrial property is one of the three asset classes of commercial property for example

industrial designs and trademarks (words, phrases, symbols).

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Copyright

2. a) Copyright is a legal right that grants the creator of an original work, exclusive rights for its

use and distribution usually for a limited time.

b) Two protected rights under the copyright law are:

 Economic rights

 Moral rights

Economic rights

This is where under the copyright act the exclusive economic right is granted to the owner of the

copyright to do or authorize others to do a range of acts that serve to exploit the commercial

value held in the work.

Moral rights

Moral rights are only accorded to individual authors. They are independent of the author’s

economic rights and remain with the author even after he or she transferred the economic rights.

3. a) Plagiarism is the use of someone’s intellectual property without giving appropriate credit.

b) Four measures used to avoid plagiarism are:

1. Make sure to give credit where it is due.

2. Use the information to generate your own ideas.

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3. Obtain approval for the use of other peoples work.

4. Para phrase.

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Bibliography
Bogle-Graham, H. C. (n.d.). Electric Document Preparation & Management for CSEC Examinations.

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