Instructions:
. In multiple chapters in Understanding Human Communication, the textbook discusses
communication ethics. What people view as ethical or unethical differs based on a variety of factors
(mass media, culture, family upbringing, etc.). It is important to always implement high ethical
standards when communicating with others, whether it is a large audience during a public speech or
in interpersonal relationships.
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In this discussion, you must rank each of the scenarios below based on your own ethical standards.
You will rank each scenario with a number from 1 (most unethical) to 15 (least unethical) without
having a duplicate score (i.e., you can't have the same number for two scenarios).
. There are no "correct" answers. All these scenarios are unethical in some way.
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Ethical Scenarios Activity
RANK (1-15)
SCENARIOS
Khylah waited until the last minute to prepare her speech, so she throws something together in
5 minutes and then "wings" the speech.
Autumn coples and pastes large chunks and paragraphs from different websites and puts it in
her speech outline and presents it as her own original work.
Clevland forgets to orally cite where his information came from during his speech.
Delroy makes up a statistic that he knows is not true but doesn't think his audience will notice.
Lisandra uses a source and information that she knows is outdated and is no longer accurate,
but it supports her thesis better than the more recent data.
Georgina gives a persuasive speech in CMNS 101 that tries to convince the audience to join
white supremacist groups.
Shalice uses racial slurs in her speech when giving an informative speech on the Civil Rights
Movement.