Ethics in public speaking

• Ethics in Public Speaking

  Be Honest
• Credible public speakers are open and honest with their audiences
• It is unethical to present someone else’s work as yours
• Speaker: 'Plagiarism is unethical'
• Types of plagiarism


  • Global plagiarism
  • Patchwork plagiarism
  • Incremental plagiarism
• Examples of plagiarism


  • Presenting a speech that is not his or her own work
  • Patching together bits and pieces from one or more sources and representing the end result as his or her own
  • Most of the speech is the speaker’s original work, but quotes or other information have been used without being cited