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Ethics in technical communication : a critique and synthesis
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Ethics in technical communication : a critique and synthesis

Author: Michael H Markel
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Ablex Pub., 2001.
Series: ATTW contemporary studies in technical communication, v. 14.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Drawing on theories of ethics from Aristotle through Foucault and on the research literature, the director of technical communications at Boise Stae U. explores the relationship between ethics and the rhetoric used by technical communication professionals in developing his own ethical decision-making approach. This sensitively realistic approach is then applied to issues and cases with analyses (e.g., of the Intel  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael H Markel
ISBN: 1567505287 9781567505283 1567505295 9781567505290
OCLC Number: 43599100
Description: ix, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Ethical Decision-Making --
Thinking About Ethics --
Rights --
Utility --
The Transition from Foundational Theories --
Contemporary Approaches to Ethics --
Toward an Approach to Ethical Decision-Making --
Issues and Cases --
Truthtelling in Product Information --
Liability and the Duty to Instruct and Warn --
Ethical Relativism and Multicultural Communication --
Intellectual-Property Issues --
Codes of Conduct.
Series Title: ATTW contemporary studies in technical communication, v. 14.
Responsibility: Mike Markel.

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This work aims to provide students and practitioners with an introduction to ethics - from Aristotle through to the present - and suggests how these accounts can help technical communicators think  Read more...
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