Audience-centered approach - ANSWER Understanding and respecting the
members of your audience and making every effort to get your message
across in a way that is meaningful to them.
code of ethics - ANSWER A written set of ethical guidelines that companies
expect their employees to follow.
communication - ANSWER The process of transferring information, meaning,
and understanding between senders and receivers.
barriers to communication - ANSWER Energies or occurrences that can
impede communication, such as noise and distractions, competing messages,
filters, and channel breakdowns.
communication channels - ANSWER systems used to deliver messages
communication medium - ANSWER The format in which a message is
presented; may be oral, written, or visual.
contract - ANSWER A legally binding agreement between two parties,
wherein one party makes a specified offer and the other party accepts.
copyright - ANSWER A form of legal protection for the expression of creative
ideas.
critical thinking - ANSWER The ability to evaluate evidence completely and
objectively in order to form logical conclusions and make sound
, recommendations.
decoding - ANSWER extracting the idea from a message
defamation - ANSWER The intentional public communication of false
statements that damage character or reputation.
encoding - ANSWER Putting an idea into message (like words, pictures, or
both of those combined)
ethical communication - ANSWER Language that includes all of the
information that an audience needs to make an educated decision or take an
educated position on a subject and isn't misleading in a way.
ethical dilemma - ANSWER A situation in which a decision must be made
from among alternatives that are all ethically valid or from among
alternatives that are all partially right and partially wrong.
ethical lapse - ANSWER An obviously unethical choice
ethics - ANSWER The accepted rules of right and wrong that guide behavior
and decision making in a culture.
feedback - ANSWER Information from recipients about the quality and effect
of a message.
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