COMS 101 Chapter 2: Chapter 2 Notes
22 Feb 2018
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Brian pertzborn was chief financial officer for a big charity, publicly promised no one was embezzling and taking away from the children. Quite convincing act and calmed things down for a bit. Then the truth came out and got a harsher prison sentence bc he had openly lied earlier. Public speaking needs to be guided by a strong sense of integrity. Goal of public speaking is to gain a desired response from listeners, but not at any cost. Roman rhetorician, quintilian - the idea of speechmaking is the good person speaking well. Ethics = branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs. Ethical decisions = sound ethical decisions involve weighing a potential course of action against a set of ethical. In ideal world all public speaking is devoted to the good of society standards of guidelines.
