Content adapted from Floyd (2014)

1. Ethical Communication
It is your responsibility!

2. Ethics are principles that
guide us in judging
whether something is
morally right or wrong.

3. Competent communicators
are ethical.

4. What does it mean to be
an ethical communicator?

5. Ethical communicators
treat people fairly,
communicate honestly,
and avoid immoral or
unethical behavior.

6. How can you be an ethical
communicator when
delivering a public speech?

7. Share information only
from reputable sources!
Scientific journals Tabloids

8. Understand the
information you are
sharing! If you don’t
understand what that
research is saying, ask a
professor to help you make
sense of it.

9. Verbally cite your sources
during your presentation!
Source
+
Author
+
Date

10. If you are presenting
something that isn’t a fact,
make sure you are honest
and clear that you are
merely speculating, not
presenting factual
information.

11. Avoid using offensive
language!

12. Avoid exposing your
audience to sensitive sights
and sounds.

13. It is up to you to know your
audience and prepare and
deliver your speech with
their best interest in mind!

14. Ethical communication – it is
your responsibility!