Chapter 2 Ethics and Public Speaking Voc

Bills of Rights

First 10 amendments to the Constitution

incremental plagiarism

failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people

Plagiarism

presenting another person's language or ideas as one's own

ethical decisions

sound ethical decisions involve weighing a 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 philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs

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