Clarice wanted to enhance her credibility with her audience, so she decided to claim that her brief summer internship had actually been a job with significantly more responsibility and that this experience made her an expert on her topic. Was Clarice following the ethical guidelines described in the reading?

No, she was not following the ethical guidelines. She simply lied to the audience by claiming she had the requisite experience even though she did not.

For her to embellish her credibility inorder to create the impression of her being an expert in the choosen topic she is speaking on is an academic fraud that should be persecuted.

Explanation:

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