PUBLIC SPEAKING Ethics and Public Speaking Copyright

Laws, Morals, and Ethics All deal with issues of right & wrong in human affairs Laws come from Governments Morals come from society Ethics come from activities Copyright 20122

Ethical Decisions Weighing potential course of action against ethical standards Copyright 20123

Ethical Speaking Guidelines Make ethically sound goals Be fully prepared Be honest Avoid name-calling, abusive language Put principles into practice Copyright 20124

Ethically Sound Goals Must be in the best interest of the audience (Or they must be fully informed) Cannot include illegal, immoral, or unethical elements Copyright 20125

Be Fully Prepared The audience will believe you even if you are wrong Don’t waste their time with an unprepared speech Copyright 20126

Be Honest Statements must be accurate to the best of your informed knowledge Don’t use statements that can clearly be misconstrued You must use due diligence Plausible deniability is not acceptable Copyright 20127

Name-Calling Using language to defame, demean, degrade individuals or groups Copyright 20128

Plagarism Presenting language, ideas of another as one’s own Copyright 20129

Types of Plagiarism Global Patchwork Incremental Copyright

Global Plagiarism Stealing speech from single source, passing it off as one’s own Copyright

Patchwork Plagiarism Stealing ideas, language from two or three sources & passing them off as one’s own Copyright

Incremental Plagiarism Failing to give credit for parts of speech borrowed from others Copyright

Plagiarism & Internet Cite sources when using Internet materials Take careful notes Copyright

Ethical Listening Speechmaking a two-way street Listeners have ethical obligations Copyright

Ethical Listening Guidelines Be courteous, attentive Avoid prejudging speaker Maintain free expression of ideas Copyright