Author : Norman Zalmon Shapiro,Robert Helms Anderson
Publisher : RAND Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110493124
Toward an Ethics and Etiquette for Electronic Mail by Norman Zalmon Shapiro,Robert Helms Anderson Pdf
This report discusses some important general attributes of electronic mail and message systems, and the effects of those attributes on the quality and appropriateness of communication. The authors discuss the "etiquette" of sending and receiving electronic mail, drawing on personal observation of inappropriate or counterproductive uses of these systems. By presenting some initial guidelines, the authors attempt to accelerate the process by which social customs and behavior appropriate to electronic mail become established, and thereby to accelerate the effective use of such systems.