Sunday, April 22, 2012
Ethical Public Speakers
I really like the idea of ethical public
speakers. I had no idea that ethical
speakers must meet the National communication Association’s standards of
ethical communication. In my opinion, speaking ethically should be the only option; however, there is no quality
control over public speakers. Audience
members must use their own educated mind and good judgment when listening to a
speech. The fact that the National
Communication Association has standard of ethical communication involving two
categories of ethical violations is important for the audience. These categories will help to prevent
misleading information to be delivered to the audience, and will enforce the
speaker to state the full ramifications of his or her topic. The book uses an example of DNA as the
topic. Yes, it would be fascinating and
tempting to get your DNA; however, as the book states, there are serious
drawbacks of DNA testing. In addition,
if I knew the speaker was an ethical public speaker, the credibility of that
speaker would be much higher at the beginning of the speech. In other words, the speaker would have instant credibility with me.
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I believe it is very important to discuss ethics in public speaking. Anytime one is presenting material they are concerned about presenting it in such a manner that the audience is convinced that they are correct, but there also needs to be accountability. As an audience, I think it is important to take into consideration what the speaker is saying and make an opinion based on that, but also to check up on their sources. The audience should not be like a baby bird just sitting with mouth open and eyes shut and accept whatever is shoved in. Audience members should make sure the material they are listening to and buying into is accurate.
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