While researching her persuasive speech convincing her audience to donate money to a charity that provides food and other necessities to children who live in poverty, Liz discovered that the charity recently admitted that their chief administrator embezzled money that was donated to the organization for his own personal gain. Liz does not have an obligation to tell her audience this information as long as the charity helps people.

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Liz has an ethical obligation to be honest with her audience about the charity's recent scandal, even if the charity is still doing good work overall. Failure to disclose this important information would be misleading and could undermine her credibility as a persuasive speaker.

While Researching Her Persuasive Speech Convincing Her Audience to Donate