Aristotle and the Ethics of Business Communication

Craig Kallendorf Texas A&M University ; Carol Kallendorf Texas A&M University

Abstract

This essay analyzes business communication in order to generate an ap proach to ethics based in the rhetorical process of corporate life. Through a study of the role of language in creating and disseminating values, the essay first extends the Aristotelian paradigm for ethical communication to the rhet oric of business. Two case studies then show how this model works in practice, while a third case poses questions of ethics and communication for the read er's consideration.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
1989-01-01
DOI
10.1177/105065198900300103
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  1. Journal of Business and Technical Communication
  2. Technical Communication Quarterly
  3. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
  4. Technical Communication Quarterly
  5. IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

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