Editing Plain language (section)

=== Ethical action ===
While plain language has positive practical outcomes across many situations, it can also be understood within the framework of ethical action.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Willerton |first=Russell |title=Plain Language and Ethical Action |publisher=Routledge |year=2015 |isbn=978-0-415-74104-0 |location=United States |pages=55–75}}</ref> While not all plain language practitioners and scholars agree that "Plain language is a civil right", as the motto for the US-based Center for Plain Language declares, many practitioners agree that using plain language is part of ethical action, such as being responsive, respectful, honest, truthful and fair. On the other hand, plain language can also be used for unethical ends, such as to obscure or withhold truths. Willerton proposes the BUROC framework for identifying situations requiring the ethical action of plain language: bureaucratic, unfamiliar, rights-oriented, critical.<ref name=":4" />