NB: Law is legislated, ethics is your moral code and changes depending n where you are.
Task 1: Ethical behaviour
Trustworthy and ethical behaviour in collaboration may relate to:
A list of 8 examples were provided, we then sort then into 2 lists, essential and secondary. To these lists we then added one more example.Essential
- being prepared to fully participate
- honouring commitments
- showing respect
- communicating in an open way
- contributing to the process - for example, you attend the meetings, you participate but once you leave you don't do any work and you don't contribute
Secondary
- acknowledging discomfort or anger
- understanding of the consequences of actions
- sensitivity to social, cultural, personal situations and dynamics
- honesty
- actively listen - for example, you actively hear what others have to say, you comment on it, give it your time.
Class contribution to Essential and Secondary:
- Assisting others
- Kindness
- Co-operative
Unethical behaviour can be a difficult hurdle to jump in the work environment. Here David Batstone suggests a few ways to combat the problem of unethical behaviour while maintaining a good working relationship. He also highlights the reality, if you "become a whistle blower" to change unethical behaviour you are most likely to loose your job and or be blacklisted in your industry. He adds, not to worry about this, as out of your misfortune you will find a new career.
This seems to be a very black and white way of looking at the problem.
This seems to be a very black and white way of looking at the problem.
Task 2: Trust exercise
Trust exercise 1:
Would you volunteer your money? yes
How did you feel when you were asked for the money? fine
Did you feel a little sheepish? felt unsure, what was going on. no
When it went to $5 did your feelings change? At first I was glad it wasn't my $5.
What if it went to $20? As I believe I would get the money back I would give $50 as I have this note in my wallet.
Did you think volunteers were foolish? No, just participating in a task.
In this exercise I was trusting that the lecturer was not stealing our money, just completing an exercise.
Trust Exercise 2:
For this exercise we were required to stand apart for one person, face them and stare into their eyes for 30- 60 seconds.
Exercise 1: looking into eyes of person 1, Andre - 3 steps away - 60 seconds
I felt uncomfortable staring into someone's eyes that I did not know. I had to try very hard not to laugh, my sides hurt so much from laughing. Andre was also trying not to laugh which added to the situation.
Exercise 2: looking into eyes of person 2 - 3 steps away - 60 seconds
I felt more comfortable with June, this was made easier with the sun blocking my view so I could ease into the exercise, once I was more relaxed I could then see Junes' eyes. June looked relaxed so this helped me to feel more comfortable.
Exercise 3: looking into eyes of person 3 - stand 1 step away and hold hands - 30 seconds
This felt uncomfortable as I don't know Denise and it isn't something you normally do. For ethical reasons you certainly don't stand so close to a person in a work environment, more would you have physical contact.
Exercise 4: looking into eyes of person 3 - stand a comfortable distance away - 30 seconds
This suddenly felt much better, there was the choice to decide how far away to stand.
Exercise 5: looking into eyes of person 3 - stand 8 steps away - 30 seconds
A this was such a long distance and the clarity of the eyes was diminished this exercise was easier and although I still felt uncomfortable is was better than the other exercises, I still felt uncomfortable because it is not normal behaviour to stare into someone's eyes.
I felt uncomfortable starting into another person eyes as it is not socially acceptable to stare into a strangers eyes. To stare carries connotations that do not apply in this exercise, for example, you might stare at someone if you are interested in a relationship, if you are in a relationship, or you are familiar with a person and trying to send them a message.
I felt more comfortable when partnered with a female as, on a scale, this is one step closer to being acceptable as it carries less connotations. This comfort, however did not apply when having to hold the hands of another as again this is certainly not the norm, whether male of female. For ethical reasons you certainly don't stand so close to a person in a work environment, nor would you have physical contact.
Trust is the belief in the reliability, ability and truth of someone. As I am not particularly familiar with my exercise partners there was not a natural feeling of trust, not to say that I think of them as untrustworthy, but a culture of trust had not been built. This lack of trust added to my discomfort. In fact, I was most comfortable with June and it may be because she had shared a personal insight in the previous exercise when she mentioned she wanted to fit in, be part of the group.
3D Design Project
My favourite concept for 3D Design is the helmet cover used to cover bicycle helmets. The cover can be used for aesthetic purposes or as a form of identification. Here I blog about research I have completed.Two Experiments:
Option 1: Use lycra as the cover and then print on this.
Option 2: Use a more flexible material that may be better suited to printing. I have gathered a few examples below ....
This helmet cover material is 87% polyester and 13% spandex. It is water repellent, stretchable and breathable. It retails in the USA for $18.
Pros & Cons:
Option 1
Pros: Fits to the helmet well, water resistant, breathable, stretchable to fit most helmets. Can make one size fit all.
Cons: Maybe difficult to print on. Can you get lycra in different colours? Will the design be clear in colour if the background is black?
Option 2
Pros: Easier for printing? More colour varieties.
Cons: Unless it is a material that fits snuggly to the helmet it ends up looking like a shower cap on your head.. we don't need to make the helmet look worse.
Choosing & Refusing:
I'm certainly keen on the aesthetics of option 1, using lycra as it fits snuggly to the helmet. However, after discovering the polyester/ spandex option I would be keen to explore this for its printability, particularly since if comes in a divers range of colours.
Research
The video below show how to print onto material. The author has tried using polyester blends but they are not receptive to the colours.
These videos shows how to print on polyester and explains the troubles you might have.
There seems to quiet a few problems with printing on polyester, this will need to be discussed with the printers when the time comes.
Brilliant again!
ReplyDeleteCould you please check the second video.
It's supposed to be about how to print onto material, but I'm getting David again.
Otherwise - gold star.