Difference between revisions of "Social and Ethical Considerations"
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[1] Jules Harcourt, "Buddy" Krizan, and Patricia Merrier, ''Business Communication'', 3rd ed. (Cincinnati: Southwestern Educational Publishing 1996), 83. | [1] Jules Harcourt, "Buddy" Krizan, and Patricia Merrier, ''Business Communication'', 3rd ed. (Cincinnati: Southwestern Educational Publishing 1996), 83. | ||
| + | [2] Lori Allen, Dan Voss, ''Ethics in Technical Communication: Shades of Grey'', (New York: Wiley Computer Publishing 1997). | ||
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Chapter IntroductionSocial and Ethical Considerations is a very broad topic that can be interpreted in different ways. One definition of ethics, "Ethics is doing what is right to achieve what is good"[1] states the overall idea very succinctly.
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Honesty
Legality
Privacy
Conflict of Interest / Bias
Social Responsibility
References
[1] Jules Harcourt, "Buddy" Krizan, and Patricia Merrier, Business Communication, 3rd ed. (Cincinnati: Southwestern Educational Publishing 1996), 83. [2] Lori Allen, Dan Voss, Ethics in Technical Communication: Shades of Grey, (New York: Wiley Computer Publishing 1997).
