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Ethical Considerations in Engineering Writing
Ethical concerns are important to engineers. Our actions affect many people, often with dramatic and widespread consequences. Engineering societies, such as the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), publish ethical codes and guidelines for their members. Here we describe some points of ethics you should consider when writing formal documents.
8.1 Your Duties to the Reader
The primary duty of a technical writer is to present information clearly and accurately; we emphasize this in Chapter 6, Keep Your Reader in Mind. As you write, focus on these dos and don’ts:
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• present the information as clearly as possible ...
