Academic work increasingly involves creating digital tools with interdisciplinary teams distributed across institutions and roles. The negative impacts of distributed work are described at length in technical communication scholarship, but such impacts have not yet been realized in collaborative practices. By integrating attention to their core ethical principles, best practices, and work patterns, the authors are developing an ethical, sustainable approach to team building that they call constructive distributed work. This article describes their integrated approach, documents the best practices that guide their research team, and models the three-dimensional thinking that helps them develop sustainable digital tools and ensure the consistent professional development of all team members.

学术工作越来越多地涉及与跨机构和角色的跨学科团队一起创建数字工具。分布式工作的负面影响在技术交流奖学金中有详细描述，但这种影响尚未在协作实践中实现。通过整合对其核心道德原则、最佳实践和工作模式的关注，作者正在开发一种道德的、可持续的团队建设方法，他们称之为建设性分布式工作。本文介绍了他们的综合方法，记录了指导他们研究团队的最佳实践，并为帮助他们开发可持续数字工具并确保所有团队成员一致的专业发展的三维思维建模。