Choose a recent communication event (conversation, email exchange, and so on) that you were involved in, observed, or heard about. If possible, choose a communication event that occurred in the workplace and that involved a challenging ethical problem. Analyze the communication event with the FAIR test of ethical business communication. Devote at least one paragraph to each aspect of the test:

(a) facts (how factual was the communication?);

(b) access

(how accessible or transparent were the motives, reasoning, and information?);

(c) impacts (how did the communication impact stakeholders?);

(d) respect (how respectful was the communication?).

See Figure 1.4 for more information about the FAIR test.

Figure 1.4

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Are Your Communications FAIR? Facts (How factual is your communication?) Have you presented the facts correctly? Have you presented all the relevant facts? Have you presented any information that would be considered misleading? Have you used the facts in a reasonable manner to arrive at your conclusions and recommendations? Would your audience agree with your reasoning? Access (How accessible or transparent are your motives, reasoning, and information?) Are your motives clear, or will others perceive that you have a hidden agenda? Have you fully disclosed how you obtained the information and used it to make your case? Are you hiding any of the information or real reasons for making certain claims or recommendations? Have you given stakeholders the opportunity to provide input in the decision- making process? Impacts (How does your communication impact stakeholders?) Have you considered how your communication impacts all stakeholders? Have you thought about how your communication will help or even hurt others? How could you learn more about these impacts? Respect (How respectful is your communication?) Have you prepared your communication to recognize the inherent dignity and self-worth of others? Would those with whom you are communicating consider your communication respectful? Would a neutral observer consider your communication respectful?