fall 2014
Finc 3330:
corporate journal
assignment
Some suggestions from
your St. Edward's University Writing Center
the writing Center
- Face-to-face coaching on any writing task at any stage
- Make appointments online (trac.stedwards.edu)
- Munday Library, second floor
- Bring assignment and draft
Resources Page on Website
"" THey"" and ""THEIR"" in
context of entities
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Not wrong, but a casualism (an orange flag, not a red flag)
- Make judgment for audience, purpose, context, and genre. In this case, I'd advise using it/its, not they/their.
- Example: "As of the years 2013-2014, in order to “help people on their path to better health” they have decided to eliminate sales of all cigarette products and launched a smoking cessation program. They also launched campaigns to inform the public on the Affordable Care Act and new coverage options. ... They are also offering scholarships and providing support in different levels of education starting from high to on to graduate school. Their goals in promoting responsibility to the planet revolve around the concept of environmental sustainability."
- Possible Revision: "As of 2013-2014, to “help people on their path to better health” XYZ has decided to eliminate sales of all cigarette products and launched a smoking cessation program. It also launched campaigns to inform the public on the Affordable Care Act and new coverage options. ... It is also offering scholarships and providing support for different levels of education from high school to graduate school. Its goals in promoting responsibility to the planet revolve around the concept of environmental sustainability."
rationale for judgments
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Especially relevant to the "Triple Bottom Line." For example:
"They have not officially adopted the triple bottom line. However, if they did, their weights would probably be profit 50%, people 30%, and planet 20%." - Can you state a rationale and provide reasons when you make a judgment call?
- Reader's Question: How do you know that?
- Reflexes to develop: Generalization--->Specific Example; Judgment Call---->Rationale
handling sources
- It's OK, and even required in many cases, to borrow other people's words and ideas. Just give them credit and keep the boundaries between their contributions and your contributions clear at all times.
- Patchwriting is paraphrasing too closely, mixing up sources' ideas, words, and structures with your own and making the result appear as if it were your own writing. This is the most common form of mishandling source material. It is almost always the result of ignorance, not dishonesty. However, it is still a mishandling of source material.
- Not including quotation marks (or block quote indentation for longer quoted passages) for exact wording is serious error.
patchwriting
Example:
Original: Strengthening communities through giving is one of the founding principles of XYZ’s citizenship efforts. They apply their philanthropic resources to make a difference in communities, with a special focus in the areas of healthier living, strengthening communities, conserving nature, and creative thinking.
Strengthening communities through giving is one of the founding principles of our citizenship
efforts. We apply our philanthropic resources to make a difference in communities, with a
special focus in the areas of healthier living, strengthening communities, conserving nature,
and creative thinking.
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FA 2014 St. Edward's University Writing Center (FINC 3330 Advice)
By Drew Loewe
