Ethics and graphic design: a rhetorical analysis of the document design in the “Report of the Department of the Treasury on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell also known as David Koresh”

Author

Herrington, TyAnna K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of English, Texas Tech. Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA

Volume

38

Issue

3

fYear

1995

fDate

9/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

151

Lastpage

157

Abstract

The subject of ethics in graphic design has been only lightly treated in the literature regarding issues in technical communication. Because there is great potential for deception, conscious or unconscious, through graphic design, readers and writers of technical communication should develop an ethical sense and apply it to technical design

Keywords

design engineering; professional aspects; technical presentation; ATF report; Branch Davidians; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; David Koresh; Department of the Treasury; Vernon Wayne Howell; Waco siege; case study; deaths; deception; document design; ethics; graphic design; gun battle; injuries; rhetorical analysis; technical communication; technical design; Business communication; Computer graphics; Employment; Ethics; Law; Legal factors; Professional communication; Rhetoric; Text analysis; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Professional Communication, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0361-1434

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/47.406728

Filename

406728