Ethical issues
- Unethical communication often distorts the truth or manipulates audiences.
- For instance, not telling employees that an impending merger is going to mean some of them will lose their jobs is unethical.
- It’s unethical to plagiarize, which is “presenting someone else’s words or other creative product as your own.
- It would also be unethical communication to selectively misquote, misrepresent numbers, distort visuals, and fail to respect privacy or information security needs.