Chapter 2: Ethics and Public Speaking

list the three ethical obligations you have as a listener.

(1) listen courteously and attentively. (2) avoid prejudging the speaker. (3) support the free and open expression of ideas.

Five basic guidelines for ethical public speaking:

(1) make sure goals are ethically sound. (2) be fully prepared for each speech. (3) be honest in what you say. (4) avoid name-calling and other forms of abusive language. (5) put ethical principles into practice at all times.

What types of speech are not protected under the first amendment?

- Defamatory falsehoods that destroy a person's reputation, threats against the life of the president, and inciting an audience to illegal action in circumstances where the audience is likely to carry out the action.

Incremental Plagirism

Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people. Most important of these increments are quotations and paraphrases.

Plagirism

Presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own.

Ethical Decisions

Sound ethical decisions involve weighting potential course of action against a set of ethical standards or guidelines.

Global Plagiarism

Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one's own.

Patchwork Plagiarism

Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one's own.

Ethics

The branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs.

Bill of Rights

The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution.

Name-calling

The use of language to defame, demean, or degrade individuals or groups.

Paraphrase

To restate or summarize an author's ideas in one's own words. Often need to give author credit when you do this if the facts are well known or are common sense.