Speaking Ethically Video Response
Assignment:
Speaking Ethically Video Response
Point Value:
20 points
Rationale:
Allows you to apply criteria for an ethical speaker.
Task Description
When it comes to delivering speeches, you have a responsibility to deliver honest and fair
information.
This assignment allows you to recognize the importance of ethics, while applying
what you have learned.
You will be asked to watch the YouTube video, “The Strawberry Lady”.
After viewing this video, fill out the following grid:
The Strawberry Lady
In your own words, define the term, ethics.
It’s the principles and morals that we live by.
According to your textbook, list the five criteria for being an ethical speaker.
1-have a clear, responsible goal
2-use sound evidence and reasoning
3-sensitive to, and tolerant of, differences
4-honest
5-avoid plagiarism
Apply an example from “The Strawberry Lady” for each criteria previously listed, illustrating
how the speaker, Christine Zust, did or did not meet those criteria.
If the speaker did not
meet a certain criterion, offer advice on how she could modify her speech.
1.
The speaker’s goal was to reach the audience about credibility.
2.
She used very descriptive words and her own experience.
3.
In this example, this criteria did not apply.
4.
The speaker told her own story, with her own honest feelings, and experience with credibility.
5.
She used her own experience and detail. Nothing to plagiaries.
Grading Rubric
The following scale is used to grade you: Excellent (5 points), Good (4 points), Average (3
points), Weak (2 points), Poor (1 point), Did not include (0 points)
You are graded over the following items:
Defined ethics
Listed the five criteria for being an ethical speaker
Applied the five criteria to the video, “The Strawberry Lady” and offered sound advice, if
all criteria were not met
Used appropriate capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar
