Proceedings from the 71st Annual Convention
The Association for Business Communication

October 25-28, 2006

San Antonio, Texas

Going Global: Network Connections through Effective Business Communication

Editor: William Wardrope

Reviewers:

Lana Carnes, Eastern Kentucky University
Lillian Chaney, University of Memphis
Debbie DuFrene, Stephen F. Austin State University
Harold Hurry, Sam Houston State University
Betty Kleen, Nicholls State University
Carol Lehman, Mississippi State University
Bob Olney, Texas State University-San Marcos

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1. Denials, Cover-ups, and Apologies: How “Résumé Gate” Ended the Once Rising Career of RadioShack’s Dave Edmondson, and Lessons for the Rest of Us
   Amiso M. George, Texas Christian University
   Maggie B. Thomas, Texas Christian University
2. Corporate Speakers: Neglected Canon, Transitional Oratory, and a Theory of Rhetorical Economy
   Dale Cyphert, University of Northern Iowa
3. A Native-American Bad-News Message from 1805
   Donald Samson, Radford University
4. Fighting the Journalistic Perfect Storm: The Duke Administration’s Handling of the Lacrosse Team Sex Scandal
   Rod Carveth, Marywood University
   Claire Ferraris, Western Oregon University
   Nick Backus, Western Oregon University
5. Intercultural Communication Choices in the Muhammad Caricature Debacle
   Jeanette S. Martin, University of Mississippi
   Lillian Chaney, University of Memphis
6. Aspects of Intercultural Understanding through an MBA Study Abroad Program
   Elizabeth A. Tuleja, University of Pennsylvania
7. Implications of Confucian and Daoist Values for Multinationals in Intercultural Business Communication
   Kejun Xu, Illinois Institute of Technology
8. What’s Not to Like? Business Students’ Opinions about PowerPoint Slide Design
   Jo Mackiewicz, Illinois Institute of Technology
   Ginnifer Mastarone, Illinois Institute of Technology
   Julia Lee-Kim, Illinois Institute of Technology
9. Applying the Potter Box to Merck’s Actions Regarding the Painkiller Vioxx
   Rod Carveth, Marywood University
   Claire Ferraris, Western Oregon University
   Nick Backus, Western Oregon University
10. The “Dark Side” of Online Project Teams: Challenges and Remedies
    Gary L. May, Clayton State University
    Shelia L. Margolis, CORE InSites, Inc.
11. Effective Instructions in a Globalized Middle East/Arabian Work Environment: Providing the Fit Between Workplace Communication and Oral Communication Education
    Shirley Thomas, Sultan Qaboos University
12. Atmospherics in the Cyber World
    Louis K. Falk, University of Texas at Brownsville
    Hy Sockel, DIKW Group
    Homer Warren, Youngstown State University
    Kuanchin Chen, Western Michigan University
13. Project Management Techniques for Service Learning Projects: Writing to Connect Academic and Professional Worlds
    LeeAnne Kryder, University of California-Santa Barbara
14. Music: The Universal Communicator
    Bobbye J. Davis, Southeastern Louisiana University
    Clarice P. Brantley, Innovative Training Team
15. Multilingual Websites with Open Source Content Management Systems
    Todd Kelsey, Illinois Institute of Technology
16. Field Project for Business Communication: Warm Welcome to the Real World!
    Priscilla Berry, Jacksonville University
17. Making Teamwork Work
    Jan Fermelis, Deakin University
18. The Gentle Art of “Phishing”
    Marilyn Dyrud, Oregon University of Technology
    

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