One of the systems analysts on the project team thought they did a good job designing the company’s tech support webpage, but the supervisor isn’t so sure. The supervisor is concerned that the design

One of the systems analysts on the project team thought they did a good job designing the company’s tech support webpage, but the supervisor isn’t so sure. The supervisor is concerned that the design is very similar to a page used by the company’s primary competitor and asked the analyst whether they had used any HTML code from that site in the design. Although the analyst didn’t copy any of the code, they did examine it in a web browser to see how it handled some design issues.

The supervisor asked the analyst to investigate webpage copyright issues and report back. The analyst learned that outright copying would be a copyright violation, but merely viewing other sites to get design ideas would be permissible. What needs to be clarified is the gray area in the middle. The analyst asked you, as a friend, for your opinion on this question: Even if no actual copying is involved, are there ethical constraints on how far you should go in using the creative work of others? How would you answer? Your paper should be no less than 2 pages.

Please references as well as in text citation, APA style (no AI or plagiarism used)  

Use this as reference if you can : 

Tilley, S. R. (2025). Systems Analysis & Design. Centage.