Communication Ethics: Making Ethical Choices [

LO-4], Chapter 1 Your boss has asked you to post a message on the company’s internal blog, urging everyone in your department to donate money to the company’s favorite charity, an organization that operates a summer camp for children with physical challenges. You wind up writing a lengthy posting packed with facts and heartwarming anecdotes about the camp and the children’s experiences.

When you must work that hard to persuade your audience to take an action such as donating money to a charity, aren’t you being manipulative and unethical? Explain.