If you are speaking to an audience about filing tax returns, and you attempt to convince listeners that they should find small ways to "get back at the government" by cheating on their income tax returns, you are violating a speaking ethic that expects speakers to

A) give the listener choices.
B) have a clear, responsible goal.
C) use sound evidence and reasoning.
D) acknowledge their sources.


Answer: B

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