Discuss what it means to be a credible speaker and the role ethics plays in credibility

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A credible speaker is one whom an audience perceives to be competent, knowledgeable, dynamic, and trustworthy. The last of those four factors—trustworthiness—is dependent in large part on the speaker's known consistent adherence to ethical principles. Essentially, you trust people whom you believe to be ethical.

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