ASSESSMENT TASK No.

ETHICS IN PUBLIC SPEAKING

Juvelyn A. Ompoc
BSED MATH 3-A1

1. How are ethics used in public speaking?

 Using your own unique speech contents is the only way to talk responsibly. You
must offer proper acknowledgement or credit if you utilize any substantiating
facts or passages from another. Ethical speakers do not plagiarize their work or
try to pass off other people's words and ideas as their own. Speakers who are
honest do not fool their audience. In order to defend their argument or convey
their point, ethical speakers do not twist or warp facts, or even worse,
masquerade views as facts. It is also considered ethical public speaking behavior
to acknowledge and respond to conflicts of interest. Ethical public speakers do
not misrepresent themselves. They speak from a genuine concern for others,
taking full responsibility for every word they say. And if their statements do not
square with their personal values, they adapt them accordingly at any point in
time. Ethical public speakers do not pretend to have more expertise than they
actually have. They are forthcoming about what they know or can prove or
support.

2. What is the difference between paraphrasing and directly quoting a source?

 Quoting may be described as borrowing text by taking someone else's work word
for word and pasting it into your own. The quotes must be accompanied by
citations to the original source. However, Paraphrasing is the process of taking
another author's idea and putting it into your own words. It's a synthesis of what
you've heard, read, or seen someplace into your own writing style. What you've
paraphrased is your own work based on someone else's original concept.