Public Speaking

This ChapTer Will

help You

• Define ethical
communication

• Describe three
responses to diversity

• Explain three demo-
cratic principles for
public speaking

• Identify characteristics
of dialogical speaking
and listening

• Discuss ethical respon-
sibilities of listeners

• Define two kinds of
academic dishonesty:
plagiarism and
fabrication

• Explain three types
of plagiarism

• Paraphrase and cite
sources correctly

ethics in a Diverse Society

ChaPter

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FREE SPEECH. It’s the cornerstone of US society. The nation’s founders

knew that limiting our right to express ourselves freely would limit our ability to

engage fully in a representative form of government. So they crafted the First

Amendment to the Constitution to read:

Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the

press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the

Government for a redressing of grievances.^1

This does not mean freedom of speech is total. We can’t legally joke

about hijacking in an airplane,^2 and courts are increasingly ruling against hate

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