Chapter 2

Question 1

Ethics

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Ethical Decisions

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Name Calling

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Bill of Rights

Answer 4

The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution.

Question 5

Plagiarism

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Global Plagiarism

Answer 6

Stealing a speech entirely from a single source and passing it off as one’s own.

Question 7

Patchwork Plagiarism

Answer 7

Stealing ideas or language from two or three sources and passing them off as one’s own.

Question 8

Incremental Plagiarism

Answer 8

Failing to give credit for particular parts of speech that are borrowed from other people.

Question 9

Paraphrase

Answer 9

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