I think Walt Mossberg and the crew over at www.allthingsd.com have done a great job in outlining their individual ethics policies.  In addition to laying out the ground rules by which he and his colleagues live, the policies make for a refreshing read.  It's an interesting exercise to go through for anyone who makes things and shares them on line, in books or over the air in that it forces you to think hard about what you will and won't allow in your content, as well as how you view the issues of content ownership and attribution.

So snowed in on a sleepy Saturday, I've drafted my disclosure statement.  It's the promises and premises I make to the six people who read my blog.

I am a copywriter by day, employed by Griffin Technology.  In addition to being bound by a mutual NDA signed with that company, I also operate under my company's shared policy on social media which says, to paraphrase: 

1. don't share private stuff (defined here as just about anything I see, hear, create or do related to Griffin)
2. don't say libelous or slanderous stuff
3. be clear in the fact that the things you say and post outside the company do not in any way represent the opinions and views of Griffin Technology
4. don't be an asshat on-line.

When I do talk about Griffin products or those of our competitors, I will try and make clear the fact that my opinions are mine.

I moderate comments only to ensure that discourse remains civil.  This here is a respectable establishment. We'll have no name-calling, hate speech, or flinging of mud, poo or other gross brown things or their digital equivalents.

Opinions found herein, except where noted, are my own.  That means I take responsibility for what I say here.  I try not to get the facts wrong.  When they are wrong, or incomplete, or misrepresented, I welcome the reader to point them out.  I will do my best to rectify anything in need of rectification, retract anything in need of retraction, and in general, be honest and forthright.

I give credit where credit is due.  The internet has made possible the wholesale use and repurposing of content in ways so flexible that it falls to the individual creator of content to try and respect the wishes on other content creators in how their stuff gets used.  I will link back to articles when I quote them.  I will link and cite photos and other graphics whenever I use them.  And if you're the owner of any content that I use and you don't want me to use it, I will remove it if you ask me to. 

So what I'm about.  How about you?

Thanks for reading.