Practicing Communication Ethics

This textbook presents a theoretical framework for developing a personal standard of ethics that can be applied in everyday communication situations. This third edition focuses on how the reader's communication matters ethically in cocreating their relationships, family, workgroups, and communities.

Autorentext

Paula S. Tompkins is Emeritus Professor of Communication Studies at St. Cloud State University, USA.

Inhalt

Part One: Developing a Practice of Communication Ethics 1. The Centrality of Ethics in Human Communication 2. Developing a Personal Ethical Standard for Human Communication 3. Ethical Reasoning About Human Communication 4. Six Ethical Values of Human Communication 5. Applying Values and Principles in Ethical Reasoning Part Two: Applying Ethical Theories to Human Communication 6. Traditional Approaches to Ethical Theory 7. Contemporary Alternatives to Modernist Ethical Theories Part Three: Four Contexts of Ethical Communication Practice 8. Communication Ethics and Digital Communication 9. Communication Ethics and Community 10. Communication Ethics and Intercultural Communication 11. Your Practice of Communication Ethics