Lesson 01

Ethics of
Communication
GE 2 - PURPOSIVE COMMUNICATION
 Ethics of Communication
Successful communication requires certain
ethical rules for a communicator to follow.
 Communication Ethics
COMMITMENT
OPENNESS
HONESTY

Being open and

offering whatever
information you
have, even if it puts
your own short-
term interests at
stake.
 Communication Ethics
COMMITMENT
OPENNESS
HONESTY

Being open and

Being open to
offering whatever views, which
information you differ or even
have, even if it puts
run against your
your own short-
term interests at ideas
stake.
 Communication Ethics
COMMITMENT
OPENNESS
HONESTY being bound
Being open to emotionally/intel
Being open and
views, which lectually to a
offering whatever
information you differ or even course of action
have, even if it puts
run against your or to another
your own short- person
term interests at ideas
stake.
 Communication Ethics
COMMITMENT
OPENNESS
HONESTY being bound
Being open to emotionally/intel
Being open and
general agreement among the
views, which lectually to a
offering whatever
members of a given group or course of action
information you differ or even
community, each of which
have, even if it puts
run against yourin or to another
exercises some discretion
your own short- person
term interests at ideas
decision-making
stake. CONSENSUS
 Principles of To be effective, a
communicator should be
Communication able to use some
fundamental
assumptions or rules.
These assumptions or
rules are called
principles.
 Principles
RELEVANCE

POSITIVITY
The value of your
Formulate your MEDIUM
message to your
receiver message with an
open and positive Utilize effective
attitude communication
systems
 The intensity of feeling,
excitement interest or

Principles eagerness.

BE ENTHUSIASTIC

It is a must that a speaker or

Undivided attention and
writer knows the audience or
passion
reader.

STUDY YOUR AUDIENCE MAINTAIN FOCUS