Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jan 1989

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
Open Access
Closed
Topics
rhetorical theory multimodality

Citation Context

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