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 ==='''Ethical Considerations''' ===
-In technical workplaces, resolving ethical dilemmas will be part of one's job. Resources, time, and reputations are at stake, so one will feel pressure to overpromise, underdeliver, bend the rules, cook the numbers, or exaggerate results. Technical fields are also highly competitive, so people sometimes stretch a little further than they should. Ethical dilemmas can force one into situations in which all choices seem unsatisfactory.{{sfn|Johnson-Sheehan|2018|pp=71-84}}
+The concept of ethics involves decision making based on value systems. Value systems are based on societal norms of acceptable behavior. Ethical dilemmas are decision opportunities in which value systems do not provide clear instruction for the appropriate course of action.{{sfn|Johnson-Sheehan|2018|pp=71}}
 Technical communicators also have to be careful to avoid plagiarism, or taking ideas, thoughts, or words from someone else and passing them off as one's own.{{sfn|Carroll|2010|p=280}}