4. (Teaching) Ethics and Technical Communication

Abstract

Navigating discourses of power through relationships: A professional and technical communication intern negotiates a meaningful identity within a state legislature.

Introduction to Special Issue on 21st-Century Ethics in Technical Communication: Ethics and the Social Justice Movement in Technical and Professional Communication

“…Perhaps the most significant recent contribution to ethics in TPC has been work around the ethics of care, such as seen in multiple articles including Black feminist ethics of self-care in the business writing classroom (Shelton, 2020), ethical decision making around vulnerable IRB participants (De Hertogh, 2018), and ethics of care applied to tactical technical communication (Colton et al, 2017). Ross's (2021) helpful update and overview of ethics in the TPC classroom is also a great starting place for TPC teachers interested in ethical frameworks.…”