Abstract

Applying abstract ethical principles to the practical business of building a code of applied ethics for a technical communication department teaches students that they share certain unarticulated or even unconscious values that they can translate into ethical principles. Combining abstract theory with practical policy writing can teach technical communication students to become increasingly aware of ethical actions without restricting ethics solely to abstractions or rules.

Journal
Technical Communication Quarterly
Published
2001-07-01
DOI
10.1207/s15427625tcq1003_6
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  1. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  2. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication
  3. Journal of Business and Technical Communication

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