Communication Principles and Ethics

The goal of communication between a sender and a receiver is understanding of the message being sent.

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Communication noise can influence our interpretation of messages and significantly affect our interactions with others.

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Content dimension expresses how you feel about the other person.

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Context refers to the situation or environment in which your message is delivered.

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We all use and interpret the meanings of words differently, so even simple messages can be misunderstood.

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The non-verbals that we use often cause messages to be misunderstood as we tend to believe that we see more than what we hear.

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Ethical communication means being considerate of basic human needs.

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Communicating messages based on facts with honesty and accuracy is the focus of ethical communication.

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Once you lose the trust of others, they will doubt anything you say in the future.

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Lack of ethical communication is also accepting responsibility for the messages you convey to others.

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