The Ethics Triple Threat: Proprietary Information in the Technical Communications Class and Practitioners' Workshop
http://www.stc.org/confproceed/1998/PDFs/00071.PDF

Jennings, Ann S.
STC Proceedings
1998

Abstract:

The use of corporate proprietary information is a major ethics issue in technical communication classrooms and practitionersâ*™ workshops. Some students and practitioners treat these settings as safe and sterile bubbles in which all present will honor confidences. Their actions cause ethical and legal dilemmas for fellow students, colleagues, and professors. Methods of preventing such dilemmas include student-employeesâ*™ following the codes of conduct established by their employers, practitionersâ*™ observing the behavioral codes set out by their professional organizations, and professorsâ*™ stressing ethical behavior in the classroom.