Concomitant Ethics: Institutional Review Boards and Technical and Professional Communication's Social Justice Turn

Johanna L. Phelps Washington State University Vancouver

Abstract

This article historicizes the impact of the Common Rule, which mandates the existence of Institutional Review Boards, on technical and professional communication (TPC) research with a focus on the principle of justice. Justice is discussed as a complex principle that must be internally and coherently balanced along several axes in the design, implementation, and promulgation of research in technical communication. The author proposes that with shared language, which in this article begins with one principle—justice—TPC researchers can more plainly articulate their positions in the development and dissemination of scholarship, thereby adding coherence to ethical work in the 21st century.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2022-07-01
DOI
10.1177/10506519221087709
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