Causing Harm
The causing of any injury or damage inflicted on an individual's body. The damage can be long term or short term.
Taking someone else’s ideas, creations, or culture.
What is appropriation?
Giving credit to the person, source, or organization from which an idea, quote, or piece of information originates, helping maintain honesty and credibility.
What is attribution?
This occurs when someone overestimates their own knowledge, abilities, or the accuracy of their predictions, often leading to risky decisions or errors in judgment.
What is overconfidence bias?
The misuse or misappropriation of an individual’s property, possessions, or benefits.
What is financial harm?
Taking sacred cultural symbols and using them as fashion accessories is an example of this type of appropriation.
What is cultural appropriation?
Clearly naming the source of the information, such as “Dr. Smith said” or “According to NASA’s 2024 report.”
Believing you are better than others at something
What is overplacement?
A manager gives harsh public criticism to an employee during a meeting, embarrassing them in front of coworkers.
What is emotional harm?
Appropriation becomes unethical when it lacks this component
What is respect?
summarizes or paraphrases what a source said without using their exact words or directly naming them, such as “Experts believe…”
What is indirect attribution?
Thinking you are better or more capable than you really are.
What is overestimation?
A journalist publishes an article with a misleading title that makes a public figure on trial seem guilty.
What is reputational harm?
Appropriation can be unethical because it can allow one group to take credit at the expense of ____
What is the original group/creator?
identifying who is speaking or thinking within a story, helping readers follow shifts in voice, point of view, or perspective.
What is narrative attribution?
Being too certain that your judgments or estimates are correct.
What is overprecision?
An employee is repeatedly excluded from meetings and belittled by their manager, leading to stress and loss of confidence.
What is psychological harm?
Exploits other individuals’ identities or work, erases the meaning/origin of cultural symbols, and overlooks the contributions of the original creator.
What is reasons why appropriation is controversial?
focuses on identifying where facts, data, or quotations come from, allowing readers to verify information and evaluate credibility.
What is source attribution?
Believing you can influence outcomes that are actually determined by chance.
What is the illusion of control?