Ethics and Public Speaking

What is ethics?

• Deals with issues of right & wrong in human affairs

• Weighing potential course of action against ethical standards

• Speechmaking is a form of power and therefore carries with it heavy ethical responsibilities.

Why is a strong sense of ethical responsibility vital for public speakers?

• They don't communicate lies or manipulations to their audience.

• History tells us that the power of speech is often abused—sometimes with disastrous results.

What are the five guidelines for ethical speechmaking discussed in this chapter?

• •Make ethically sound goals

  •Be fully prepared

  •Be doubtful

  •Avoid name-calling, abusive language

  •Put principles into practice

• •Make ethically sound goals

  •Be fully prepared

  •Be honest

  •Avoid name-calling, abusive language

  •Put principles into practice

• •Make ethically sound goals

  •Be fully prepared

  •Be honest

  •Name-calling, abusive language

  •Put principles into practice

What is the difference between global plagiarism and patchwork plagiarism?

• There's no difference.

• -Stealing from single source

  -Stealing ideas, language from two or three sources

What are the best ways to avoid these two kinds of plagiarism?

• Keep it secret

• Give credit for parts borrowed from other sources.

How can you steer clear of Incremental Plagiarism when dealing with quotations and paraphrases?

• Don't copy

• -Cite sources when using Internet materials

  -Take careful notes

When listening to an informative speech by one of your classmates, you realize

that much of it is plagiarized from a Web site you visited a couple of weeks ear

lier. Do you remain silent? (Yes or No)

(a)