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Subject:RE: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 2 May 2008 15:32:56 -0400
SOX is a good example! As Barry Campbell once wrote on this list:
"Sarbanes-Oxley is looking more and more to me like the Technical
Writers' Full Employment Act."
If you work in SOX and you agree with Barry, then clearly there are
cases where business writing is a subset of tech writing.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jlshaeffer
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 3:18 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Re: Definition of Tech Writer, was STC is broken
>
> ... As for tech writing vs. business writing, I'd just
> comment that business writing is not limited to
> persuasive or marketing pieces. SOPs, SOX, and "Policies
> and Procedures" are counter examples that spring to
> mind...
>
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