TOPIC

ETHICAL ISSUES IN TECHNICAL

WRITING
PRESENTORS

GHULAM YASEEN RANJHA

ABDUL BASIT GHAFFAR
M SHOAIB
GHAIZAN KHALID
AHMAD ANSARI
 ETHICS OF WRITING

Before starting to write your Text , Report

, Eassy or Paper do not forget to consider
Ethics of writing.
 What is ETHICS?

 ETHICS Is a Set Of Rules And

Standards for using Communication
Skills and Resources, When Writing a
Technical Document
ANALYZE YOUR TECHNICAL WORK

 BeforeStarting To Report Or Analyze Your Technical

Work Remember You Must Be Correct And Honest In
Your Work.
ETHICAL ISSUES IN WRITING
Use layout and design
CopyRight Law
Ir-relevant Information
Use of Jargon
Accessibility
Specific Purpose
Accuracy
Pronunciation
Layout And Design

Use layout and design features such as

Type Size , Bullets , Lists and
Footnotes to highlight information that is
important to readers.
CopyRight Law

 Writer should not use

copyright data without the
permission of the copyright
holder
Writers sometimes use jargon to appeal to a
specific group, or to embed a hidden
meaning behind their writing that only
certain groups would understand. 
Jargon is also used as a method of
characterization. When characters
use jargon it tells us something about that
character and his/her interests and
profession.
If you’re writing for a general audience, think carefully
about the vocabulary you’re using and always keep your
audience in the front of your mind.
If we use the special words and phrases of our profession
or group outside of those contexts, that’s when it very
often becomes meaningless talk, or jargon in its negative
sense. Using jargon in this way may be down to simple
thoughtlessness or lack of awareness, or something more
deliberate.
Punctuation matters because it aids accurate reading and also
because it may affect the meaning
In the sentence:
‘The engines, which were in perfect running order, had been
tested previously.’
all the engines were in perfect running order and all had been
tested. However, if the sentence were to read
‘The engines which were in perfect running order had been
tested previously.’
the implication would be that only the engines which were in
perfect running order had been tested. Others had not.
The sentence could, of course, be rewritten in order to
emphasise the intended meaning.