part 3

• 7 C's of Communication:

  • Clear: Be clear about the purpose of the message
  • Correct: Ensure factual information, language, and grammar are correct
  • Complete: Give all necessary information for the recipient to follow your reasoning
  • Concrete: Be specific and ensure logic and messages fit together
  • Concise: Stick to the point and keep messages short and simple
  • Courteous: Increase effectiveness by being polite and respectful
  • Coherent: Maintain a logical flow and consistent style, tone, and language
• Ethics of Communication:

  • Ethics are a system of moral principles
  • Deals with values related to human conduct, rightness and wrongness of actions, and goodness and badness of motives and ends
  • Communication ethics involve maintaining a balance between speaking and listening, and the degree of criticism and praise
• Fundamentals of Ethical Communication:

  • Responsible thinking
  • Decision Making
  • Development of Relationships and Communities
• Principles of Ethical Communication:

  • Advocate truthfulness, accuracy, honesty, and reason
  • Endorse freedom of expression, diversity of perspective, and tolerance of dissent
  • Strive to understand and respect other communicators
  • Promote access to communication resources and opportunities
  • Promote communication climates of caring and mutual understanding
  • Condemn communication that degrades individuals and humanity
  • Committed to the courageous expression of personal convictions
  • Advocate sharing information, opinions, and feelings while respecting privacy and confidentiality
• • Accept responsibility for the consequences of communication