The May issue of Intercom centers on ethics and has been guest edited by Dr. Derek Ross. Derek is an associate professor in Auburn University’s Master of Technical and Professional Communication Program; co-director of LUCIA, Auburn’s laboratory for usability, communication interaction, and accessibility; and the ethics columnist for Intercom. His research interests include perceptions of environmental rhetoric, ethics, and document design.
I am quite pleased with the issue Derek has put together. He solicited six articles from well-known experts in the field. Topics range from ethics lessons and everyday advice, to ethics in health care, ethics in visual displays, ethical experience architecture, and the ethics of “other” knowledge. I thank Derek and all the authors in this issue for their contributions to knowledge in technical communication.
