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Student Resource
Gamble, The Public Speaking Playbook, 2nd Edition
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Discussion Questions
Chapter 3: Ethics and Public Speaking in a Global World
1. Ask students to locate a news story involving plagiarism by a professional. Students
should be ready to discuss the situation, what exactly occurred, and other professionals’
responses to the action.
2. Compare and contrast the ethical expectations or standards for a public speaker in a
college classroom to one that gives a speech at work.
3. What are ethical guidelines to follow when speaking before a multi-ethnic or multi-racial
audience?
4. Describe the relationship between humor and ethics in public speaking.
5. Ask students to generate a list of responses for the following questions. Summarize the
responses and post them so that the entire class can view and discuss them.
a. What are the standards for ethical content in a public speech?
b. What are the standards for ethical delivery in a public speech?
c. What are the standards for ethical participation by an audience during a public
speech?
d. How can a speaker handle a “Question & Answer” session ethically?
