Spring 2026
Communication Ethics
Dates: January 08, 2026 - April 30, 2026Day/Time: Tuesday; Thursday 12:00 - 1:30 PM EST
Level: 200-Level
Instructor: Nsgena Burton, Tuskegee University
The purpose of this course is to develop your knowledge and skills involved in recognizing and thinking about the ethical dimension of communication. This involves:
1. developing your ability to recognize and identify ethical issues and tensions in communication situations (Skills of moral sensitivity and moral imagination),
2. exploring different approaches to thinking about ethics in human communication (Moral imagination, skills of moral reasoning and judgment),
3. clarifying the ethical tensions found in a variety of communication acts in a reasoned and systematic fashion as part of the process for deciding when, how, and what to communicate (Skills of moral reasoning and judgment).
4. clarifying your personal ethical standard for human communication (Moral development).