Argument Analysis: Foul Language

In the podcast “Foul Language” by Craig Kopp, Kelly McBride and Art Caplan, the topic that is addressed is, foul language in the workplace. In the beginning of the podcast they listen to, Anthony Scaramucci’s, Former White House Director of Communications, interview with a news reporter from the New Yorker. During the interview he used swear words several times. Later in the article they explain how Scaramucci took swearing to another level. In his interview he did not only swear, he used the foul language to call his co-workers names. Moreover, they made the point that he was trying to use this type of language to scare or intimate those around him. While this one incident was the main topic of the podcast, it brings up the point that the way our cultures have evolved, swearing has become a common way of talking. While cursing has never been an acceptable way to …show more content…
I am not saying that outside of the workplace I do not curse on occasion, since I do, but I know when I enter the work environment that it is not acceptable. For example, where I work some of my co-workers will use curse words while on audits or in the office and I become uncomfortable. I become uncomfortable for two main reasons. The first reason is that if the client were to come in and hear them talking that way, the client would then view our company as unprofessional. By using those swear words they are giving the whole company a negative image. The other reason is that some of the partners use foul language. I get upset since I don’t feel that they should be doing something that they would not want the rest of their employees doing, they should set the example. In the end, I believe that while swearing has a time and place, that the time and place is not in the workplace and each individual has the responsibility to realize when to refrain from