THE HANDBOOK OF COMMUNICATION ETHICS

Edited by George Cheney

Steve May Debashish Munshi

Contents

Foreword

ROBERT Т. CRAIG, THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER

Preface

Author Biographies

1 Encountering Communication Ethics in the Contemporary World: Principles, People, and Contexts I GEORGE CHENEY, DEBASHISH MUNSHI, STEVE MAY, WITH ERIN ORTIZ

UNIT 1: THEORY OLD AND NEW

2 A Contribution to Ethical Theory and Praxis 15 JOHN STEWART

3 Ethics, Rhetoric, and Discourse 31 MICHAEL J. HYDE

4 Situating a Dialogic Ethics: A Dialogic Confession 45 RONALD C. ARNETT

5 Feminist Discursive Ethics 64 PATRICE M. BUZZANELL

6 Power and Ethics 84 DENNIS K. MUMBY

7 What Are We, Then? Postmodernism, Globalization, and the Meta-Ethics of Contemporary Communication 99 BRYAN C. TAYLOR AND LEONARD С HAWES

8 Decolonizing Communication Ethics: A Framework for Communicating Otherwise 119 DEBASHISH MUNSHI, KIRSTEN J. BROADFOOT, AND LINDA TUHIWAI SMITH

UNIT 2: CONTEXTS OF APPLICATION AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT

9 Interpersonal Communication Ethics 135 SALLY PLANALP AND JULIE FITNESS

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10 Ethical Challenges in Small Group Communication JOHN GASTIL AND LEAH SPRAIN

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11 Communication Ethics and Organizational Contexts: Divergent Values and Moral Puzzles MATTHEW W. SEEGER AND TIMOTHY K U H N

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12 Journalism Ethics in Theory and Practice CLIFFORD G. CHRISTIANS

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13 Ethical Dimensions of New Technology/Media CHARLES ESS

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14 Public Relations and Marketing: Ethical Issues and Professional Practice in Society JACQUIE L ' E T A N G

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15 Visual Communication in Traditional and Digital Contexts SEAN CUBITT AND VIOLETA POLITOFF

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16. The Search for Social Justice and the Presumption of Innocence in the Duke University (USA) Lacrosse Case of 2006-2007: Implications for Contemporary Legal and Ethical Communication G L E N FEIGHERY, MAROUF HASIAN, JR., AND RICHARD RIEKE

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17 Political Communication Ethics: Postmodern Opportunities and Challenges STEVEN R. GOLDZWIG AND PATRICIA A. SULLIVAN

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18 Ethics in Health Communication NURIT GUTTMAN AND TERESA L. THOMPSON

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19 Science, Democracy, and the Prospect for Deliberation KEITH R. BENSON AND JOHN ANGUS CAMPBELL

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20 Intercultural Communication Ethics: Multiple Layered Issues STELLA TING-TOOMEY

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UNIT 3: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

21 Diversity, Identity, and Multiculturalism in the Media: The Case of Muslims in the British Press NASAR M E E R AND TARIQ MODOOD

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22 Hierarchies of Equality: Positive Peace in a Democratic Idiom ROBERT L. IVIE

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23 Democracy, Publicness, and Global Governance SLAVKO SPLICHAL

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24 Religion, State, and Secularism: How Should States Deal with Deep Religious Diversity? 401 RAJEEV BHARGAVA

25 Truth, Evils, Justice, and the Event of Wild(er)ness: Using Badiou to Think the Ethics of Environmentalism 414 KEVIN MICHAEL DELUCA

26 Economic Justice and Communication Ethics: Considering Multiple Points of Intersection 436 ZACHARY A. SCHAEFER, CHARLES CONRAD, GEORGE CHENEY, STEVE MAY,

AND S H I V GANESH

27 The Polyphony of Corporate Social Responsibility: Deconstructing Accountability and Transparency in the Context of Identity and Hypocrisy 457 LARS TH0GER CHRISTENSEN, METTE MORSING, AND OLE THYSSEN

28 When Unreason Masquerades as Reason: Can Law Regulate Trade and Networked Communication Ethically? 475 RADHA D'SOUZA

29. Response and Conclusion: A Vision of Applied Ethics for Communication Studies 494 JOSINA M. MAKAU

Index 517