What are the four ethical principles that your textbook supports? Explain the differences and indicate how they might be applied to a speech you might give in your class

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:
1. The four ethical principles are (1) respect for the listeners, (2) respect for the topic, (3) responsibility for one's statements, and (4) concern for the consequences of the speech.
2. Respect for listeners involves a speaker being willing to acknowledge the audience's current position, whether or not the speaker agrees with it. The speaker also shows respect by not insulting listeners' intelligence and by acknowledging audience diversity.
3. A speaker respects a topic by learning about it in enough detail to present it clearly and fairly.
4. A speaker must take responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of his or her statements, being careful not to misrepresent fact as opinion or vice versa. A speaker always acknowledges sources and never plagiarizes another's work.
5. A speaker is never indifferent to how the speech will affect others.
6. The ideal answer will give a short description of a speech topic and provide a specific example of how an audience's position can be acknowledged, the topic could be researched, sources could be cited, and the speech effects carefully considered.