Ch 2 Ethics & Public Speaking

Question 0

Ethical decisions

Answer 0

Sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical standard or guidelines

Question 1

Ethics

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Name-calling

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Bill of Rights

Answer 3

1st ten amendments of the U.S. constitution

Question 4

Plagiarism

Answer 4

Presenting another person’s language or ideas as one’s own

Question 5

Global Plagiarism

Answer 5

Stealing a speech entirely from s single source & passing it off as your own

Question 6

Patchwork Plagiarism

Answer 6

Stealing ideas or language from 2 or 3 sources & passing them off as your own

Question 7

Incremental Plagiarism

Answer 7

Failing to give credit for particular parts of a speech that are borrowed from other people (usually in the form of quotations or paraphrases)

Question 8

Paraphrase

Answer 8

To restate or summarize a author’s ideas in one’s own words