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This is an interesting link that suports chapter 4 codes of ethics on page 76. The Harvard code of ethics can be found here and I think it is ethical to take this pledge upon graduation.

It is a good article written from the students perspective about ethics in technical writing. D#1HW13

An interesting article on the ethical position of a technical writer and the various roles the writer has.

An interesting article on the ethical position of a technical writer

Teaches the basic and intermediate moral concepts. Also helps you to learn ethics by preparing and analyzing ethics cases.

There is always a lot of talk about ethics in a workplace and being that a technical/professional communication works with a variety of people and groups that range from in careers and authorities. I believe it is crucial to learn these ethics to successfully produce your and yourself! http://www.sideroad.com/Management/ethics_in_the_workplace.html

a little different aspect of ethics in technical writing

Great Article that look at the different types of Workplace writing compared to the traditional Academic writings,how the two are different and where does Ethics become involved.

Traditional textbook rationales for the technical writing course locate the essence of technical writing in objectivity, clarity, and neutrality, and the need for teaching it in its usefulness to employers. Such rationales, however, are unable to accommodate a notion of ethics and responsibility: if the writer merely serves the interests that employ her by reporting facts in an objective way, how can she exercise choice when ethical problems arise? An alternative view is to see technical writing as always rhetorical and involved with potentially conflicting agendas and interests, with objectivity, clarity, and neutrality serving merely as stylistic devices in the writer's rhetorical toolbox. Technical writers are rhetoricians who continually make ethical choices in serving diverse interests and negotiating between conflicting demands. The recognition of the fundamental rhetoricity of technical writing is the first step towards accommodating a meaningful notion of ethics into the technical writing curriculum.

This website discusses the ethics of communication with modern technology and ways to overcome the vague boundaries of what should and should not be done. http://www.jerf.org/iri/blogbook/communication_ethics

This website helps you understand how to make sure your writing is clear and understandable. It shows the difference between the words that are often misused. "Your/You're, Affect/Effect...etc. http://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/WritingSkills.htm

This website shows how to avoid written communication blunders such as incorrect grammar, what voice to use: passive, gender neutral etc. http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/cew1.htm

Ethical Issues in Writing and Publishing

This is a good example of how copyright is explained.  The comic shown in this article is very cute and original, gives us an idea of how we can copyright without knowing. 

This website has some great examples

A little ethics goes a long way.

Ethos (Credibility), or ethical appeal, means convincing by the character of the author. Pathos (Emotional) means persuading by appealing to the reader's emotions. Logos (Logical) means persuading by the use of reasoning

This might come in useful but seems to be common sense.

I had to change the tag to Chapter 4 incase there is a copy.