3.13. Be careful to use only accurate data derived by
ethical and lawful means, and use it only in ways properly authorized.
Since the intended system was a website and especially since
it had to be informative, the above mentioned code was more crucial in the
context of our project. The data that were used in the site were mainly from
the company itself. The mission, goal, objectives and the details regarding
their company and the other information relevant to the equipment the company
trade were directly obtained from the sources of the client and hence those
data are properly authorized and ensured to be obtained in a properly authorized
manner.
Apart from those details, we have taken measures to include
more details about sustainability, ethical trading and several other related fields
as requested by the client. The details to be included in such cases had to be
obtained from external sources and it was important that corrective ethical and
lawful means were followed in acquiring those. Several videos that are published
on the site were taken from the YouTube site which allows sharing of the video
with no restrictions. Hence the acquiring of those did not raise any ethical
issue.
Most of the other details were directly taken from other
sites or articles from blogs that were available on the internet. Hence clear
precautions were taken to avoid any unethical procedure in sharing those
details in our site. The direct link to those sites were provided each time the
details were shared and due credits have been awarded to the original authors
of the articles which we have taken details from. The issue was given high
consideration and attention since any unlawful mean of obtaining data from
external sources would bring up unnecessary issues for the client as well as
for us being the developers.
It was guaranteed that the details used within the site were
accurate and up to date. The external sources from which the article links were
obtained were examined and proper research was made to assure that the obtained
information is true and accurate. Hence every necessary measures were followed
by the team to adhere to the above mentioned code in order to provide the
customer with the most reliable and accurate information.
Principle 3: PRODUCT - 3.13