Ethical considerations are important principles that guide technical writing and communication to provide accurate and truthful information to audiences. Ethics is one of the most important topics for technical writers, as they must communicate clearly and help others understand complex topics. As technical communicators, writers should observe principles like legality, honesty, confidentiality, quality, fairness and professionalism. Some key ethical issues to consider include etiquette, plagiarism, authorship and potential conflicts of interest. Ethics must be considered in all aspects of research and technical communication.

1. Ethical Consideration in Technical
Writing

2. Ethical considerations in technical
writing
• Ethical considerations in research are a set of
principles that guide your research designs
and practices.
• Ethical behavior, including ethical technical
communication, involves not just telling the
truth and providing accurate information,
but telling the truth and providing
information so that a reasonable audience is
made aware of the behavior.

3. Importance
• Ethics is one of the most important topics in
technical communication. When you can
communicate clearly and effectively, and
when it is your task to help others to
understand an object, process, or procedure,
it is your responsibility to do so in an ethical
fashion.

4. Ethical principles
As technical communicators, we observe the following
ethical principles in our professional activities.
• Legality. We observe the laws and regulations governing
our profession. ...
• Honesty. We seek to promote the public good in our
activities. ...
• Confidentiality. ...
• Quality. ...
• Fairness. ...
• Professionalism.

5. Ethical issues in writing
Important ethical issues to consider include
• Etiquette
• Fraudulent publication
• Plagiarism
• Duplicate publication
• Author- ship
• Potential for conflict of interest

6. Ethics is a vital consideration in every aspect
of research, right from what and whom you
choose to study, to how you manage and
utilize the data, to how you publish and
communicate your research