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The document discusses ethics in public speaking and provides guidelines for ethical speaking and listening. It covers topics such as making ethical goals and decisions, avoiding name-calling, and addressing issues like plagiarism and properly citing sources.

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Chapter 2

The document discusses ethics in public speaking and provides guidelines for ethical speaking and listening. It covers topics such as making ethical goals and decisions, avoiding name-calling, and addressing issues like plagiarism and properly citing sources.

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chapter 2

Ethics & Public Speaking


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Ethics

Deals with issues of right


& wrong in human affairs

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Ethical Decisions

Weighing potential course


of action against ethical
standards

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Ethical Speaking Guidelines

• Make ethically sound goals


• Be fully prepared
• Be honest

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Ethical Speaking Guidelines

• Avoid name-calling,
abusive language
• Put principles into practice

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Name-Calling

Using language to defame,


demean, degrade individuals
or groups

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Plagiarism

Presenting language, ideas


of another as one’s own

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Types of Plagiarism
• Global
• Patchwork
• Incremental

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Global Plagiarism

Stealing speech from single


source, passing it off as
one’s own

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Patchwork Plagiarism

Stealing ideas, language from


two or three sources &
passing them off as one’s own

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Incremental Plagiarism

Failing to give credit for


parts of speech borrowed
from others

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Plagiarism & Internet

• Cite sources when using


Internet materials
• Take careful notes

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Ethical Listening
• Speechmaking
a two-way
street
• Listeners
have ethical
obligations

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Ethical Listening Guidelines

• Be courteous, attentive
• Avoid prejudging speaker
• Maintain free expression
of ideas

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