Key
Concepts and Vocabulary
“First, do no harm”: This is the Hippocratic Oath all doctors swear to; however, it has also been applied to writers and writing. (http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/ron-hansen.html)
Vocabulary
Deceit/Deception – a deceit is a misleading falsehood. An act of deceiving.
Fabrication – Making something up deliberately. Writing in a fictional way.
Falsification - Altering data. Faking something.
Memoir – An account of the writer’s own life and experiences.
Plagiarism - Using someone else’s words and/or ideas as your own. (See other ethics module on plagiarism.)
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