Lesson 3 - Communication Ethics

Question 1

The word ethics is derived from a Greek word

Answer 1

ethos

Question 2

means character

Answer 2

ethos

Question 3

Being ethical means ___

Answer 3

doing what is right to achieve what is good

Question 4

In communication, what is right refers to ___

Answer 4

the responsibility to include information in your messages that ought to be there

Question 5

What is good refers to ___

Answer 5

the result of the communication

Question 6

The ethical result is to ___

Answer 6

strive for the highest good attainable for all those involved in communication.

Question 7

___ strives for the highest good for all involved and provides information that is fully adequate for the circumstance, truthful in every sense, and not deceptive in any way

Answer 7

ethical communication

Question 8

Because communication is ___, communication brings us face-to-face with questions that contain ___

Answer 8

relational

ethical judgments

Question 9

We must decide what is the___ in which we find ourselves. We must decide how
to ___. We must choose how to ___ in that situation.

Answer 9

purpose or purposes of a relationship

behave

respond

Question 10

Every time we engage ourselves in communication, we make basic assumptions about ___ and then act on the basis of those assumptions

Answer 10

the nature of people and our responsibilities to them

Question 11

___ to be applied in the different communication situations in which we find ourselves would be a futile endeavor.

Answer 11

Formulating a list of rules