Module 8 Discussions – Ethics
The caption on a picture can have important implications about how the writer wants the reader to interpret that image. The intentional omission of information in a report may be as damaging as an outright lie. Is an image that crops out an important part of the visual story really telling the truth? Each of these is a situation involving ethics in technical communication.
Conduct a web search and find an ethical situation that has implications for technical communication. Post a brief explanation of the situation along with a link to the web source. Why do you feel this example involves ethics in technical communication?