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written could, conceivably, prevent them from finding further work.Alternatively, depending on what was written, it is possible that you mayfind yourself in violation of your employer’s anti-harassment policies.ConclusionCRM bloggers make important contributions to the publicunderstanding of archaeology, and CRM specialists should beencouraged to engage in public outreach activities, including blogging.However, because of the nature of our work, we must proceedcautiously. We must portray ourselves as the professionals that we are,and we must make certain that we do not violate our ethical obligationsto our clients. To that end, we must develop codes of ethics that reflectthe realities of CRM and allow us to provide information to the publicwithout endangering our careers or harming our clients.The code offered here is essentially my own guide that I havedeveloped both through a consideration of the various existing codes ofethics for blogging and archaeology, and through my experience as aCRM professional. Some of this discussion is widely applicable, whilesome of it is applicable primarily to the United States. However it is mywish that this spurs other CRM archaeologists to publicly state their ownethical codes, and that consideration of these points might encouragemore CRM archaeologists to write about our profession. I am aware thatmy own code has deficiencies of which I am unaware, and I hope thatthe publication of other’s codes can help guide bloggers as wecontinue our writing.Blogging Archaeology Page 33