Author Question: Which of the following statements about the ethics of delivering bad news is most accurate? A) ... (Read 121 times)

jCorn1234 · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Which of the following statements about the ethics of delivering bad news is most accurate?
A) Delaying the bad news in a message is manipulative.
B) The indirect strategy is unethical only if the writer intends to deceive the reader.
C) Using the indirect strategy is a way to hide the bad news from the reader.
D) Delivering bad news is a fact of life; consequently, you need not worry about ethics.

Question 2

The primary difference between ethical and unethical communicators is that unethical communicators
A) intend to deceive.
B) use only the indirect strategy regardless of the audience, purpose, or topic.
C) use only the direct strategy regardless of the audience, purpose, or topic.
D) omit the buffer from their bad-news messages.