Beyond spring cleaning: ethics in jewelry
October 18, 2009 by Cyndi Lavin
Filed under Jewelry Business Tips
In the world of art, ethics can include many different topics: copyright, fair trade issues, green issues, customer disclosure, and fairness in contracts and other legal matters. I’m not a lawyer, so whenever I want to learn about these types of issues, I turn to sites that have some legal status.
For copyright issues, in the United States there is only one authority: the US government copyright office. There are some helpful sites that will help you untangle some of the language, but ultimately you’ll need to read the rules for yourself. The Business of Art has some great articles that …read more






