Re: Ethics in Technical Writing

Subject: Re: Ethics in Technical Writing
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 12:51:24 -0700

You made several good points. Do you think technical writers have an ethical duty to “worry about these things” or is such worry just an option? Why do you suppose the duty of ethics in technical writing is not often discussed?

On 4/30/2017 2:21 PM, Elisa R. Sawyer wrote:

...
In some situations where I need to ask questions about what, on the
surface, appear to be inconsequential minutiae, I sometimes make the point
that "I'm paid to worry about these things."

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Visit TechWhirl for the latest on content technology, content strategy and content development | http://techwhirl.com

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-
To unsubscribe send a blank email to
techwr-l-leave -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com


Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit
http://www.techwhirl.com/email-discussion-groups/ for more resources and info.

Looking for articles on Technical Communications? Head over to our online magazine at http://techwhirl.com

Looking for the archived Techwr-l email discussions? Search our public email archives @ http://techwr-l.com/archives


Follow-Ups:

Previous by Author: Re: Ethics in Technical Writing
Next by Author: Re: Ethics in Technical Writing
Previous by Thread: Re: Ethics in Technical Writing
Next by Thread: Re: Ethics in Technical Writing


What this post helpful? Share it with friends and colleagues:


Sponsored Ads