1. PUBLIC SPEAKING Ethics and Public Speaking Copyright 2012 1

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

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

7. 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

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

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

10. Types of Plagiarism Global Patchwork Incremental Copyright 201210

11. Global Plagiarism Stealing speech from single source, passing it off as one’s own Copyright 201211

12. Patchwork Plagiarism Stealing ideas, language from two or three sources & passing them off as one’s own Copyright 201212

13. Incremental Plagiarism Failing to give credit for parts of speech borrowed from others Copyright 201213

14. Plagiarism & Internet Cite sources when using Internet materials Take careful notes Copyright 201214

15. Ethical Listening Speechmaking a two-way street Listeners have ethical obligations Copyright 201215

16. Ethical Listening Guidelines Be courteous, attentive Avoid prejudging speaker Maintain free expression of ideas Copyright 201216