Ethics Matters: Understanding the Ethics of Public Speaking

Three parts of the ethical pyramid are: ___, ___, ___

Using someone else’s words or ideas without giving credit

• Inspiration

• Plagiarism

• Borrowing

• Paraphrasing

Some end results could be good for the source but bad for the receiver, or vice versa.

• True

• False

Some end results could be good for the source but bad for the receiver, or vice versa.

• “Have I discussed the ethicality of the behavior with others and come to a general consensus that the behavior is ethical?”

• “Does the behavior adhere to known codes of ethics?”

• “Would I be happy if the outcomes of the behavior were reversed and applied to me?”

• All of the above

Which of the following is not an ethical aspect described by the NCA Credo for Ethical Communication?

• Freedom of expression

• Access to communication resources and opportunities

• Accepting responsibility for one’s own communication

• Respecting a source before evaluating her or his message

• Promoting ethical standards in business

Darlene is in the process of preparing a speech on global warming. She knowingly includes a source from a fringe group that has been previously discredited, but she thinks the source will really help her drive her argument home. What combination of the ethics pyramid does this case represent?

• Intentional use of bad means

• Intentional use of good means

• Unintentional use of bad means

• Unintentional use of good means

Freedom of speech is the right to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content and subject only to reasonable limitations.

• True

• False

I haven’t really thought about the short- or long-term consequences of my speech.

• Ethical

• Unethical

I have attempted to persuade people by unnecessarily

tapping into emotion rather than logic.

• Ethical

• Unethical

I know who my sources of information are and I cited them.

• Ethical

• Unethical