Over the years, numerous media groups and organizations have drafted their own code of ethics. Although these various existing codes have some differences, most share common elements, including the principles of truthfulness, fairness, freedom, humaneness, and public accountability. In media scholar Edmund Lambeth’s definition of the ethical journalist, he includes the same guiding principles. According to Lambeth, the ethical journalist is a “humane truth seeker who seeks justice and protects freedom as a faithful steward of his craft” (“Staying Alive”, 2006). These values hold up the professional canons of accuracy, fairness, and balance. However, they may also interfere with the demand for timeliness. In the rush to publish or air, for example, …show more content…
The logic in this is that if the media does the right things freely and on its own, as a genuine service to the Filipino people, then the public will be its strongest ally in protecting the institution and its members. In their publication (2006), the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) declared that “the media’s best protection [against violence] is good, ethical journalism.” The same notion is believed by Mr. Canoy. According to him, ethical journalism is their greatest weapon as journalists, and that if they stay true to what their job asks of them, then, they have nothing to worry about (personal communication, July 25, 2013). The CMFR observes that a more civil media and a press orientation toward genuine public service might help to temper the resort to violence in Philippine society. The best way to attain a civil media is through the government promotion of ethical journalism. It was concluded by the CMFR study that the KBP should insist that all those going on the air for news and commentary should have passed accreditation as a minimum requirement (de Jesus & Khan, 2006). In addition to this, the government, through the NTC, must track down illegally-operating broadcast stations all over the country as what was done in Quezon City last July 8, in which the NTC, with the help of the Philippine National Police, was able to identify the location of the unauthorized frequency of 107.9 MHz (“NTC cracks down on illegal stations”,
In April of 2017, Jorge Ramos gave a TED talk titled, “Why Journalists Have an Obligation to Challenge Power.” Ramos is an immigrant and journalist who introduces the idea that the responsibility and purpose of journalism is to oppose those
In a health care organization, it is important that the organization’s mission, philosophies, and ethics are followed through properly. . With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it is no different. . The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “mission is to protect people’s health and to support the quality of life in humans by prevention and control of diseases, injuries, and disabilities” (About CDC, 2010, page or paragraph number with quotes). With the organization's mission, philosophies, and ethics it is important that everyone’s health is protected and proper prevention of diseases, illnesses, and disabilities are given to the public in a timely manner. In this paper, the members of Team A will “describe what are the organization’s goals, how are they tied to its ethical principles, and the role and importance of the corporation’s ethical values” (University of Phoenix, 2012, Week Three Supplement). Team A will also specify “what the relationship between the organization’s culture and ethical decision-making is and why is it important that the organization’s ethical values support Team A's ethical values” (University of Phoenix, 2012, Week Three Supplement, see above)? In addition, Team A will explain the social responsibility for the Center of Disease Control and Prevention in the community” (University of Phoenix, 2012, Week Three Supplement, see above). (Good introduction)
Gig, edited by John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, and Sabin Streeter, is a book with a collection of interviews of people describing what their job is like. One of the interviews deals with a film development assistant, Jerrold Thomas. This interview in particular raises questions which leads readers to ask why he stays at his current job and what opportunities are in the future for him. He hopes to become something bigger in the film industry and even went to film school, but is now stuck as an assistant. It is surprising to see him working for someone who treats him so badly, but yet still not leave. “The Meaning of Ethics” by Philip Wheelwright is an essay that explains seven different phases used in a moral deliberation. Each of them have their own purpose and help us make ethical decisions. Wheelwright’s assertion that an ethical person has to rationalize the consequences and imagine themselves into a predicted situation helps explain why Thomas continues working as a film development assistant even if he is being treated unfairly and is hoping opportunities for him arise.
I have chosen the business profession topic of higher education administration. I am extremely familiar with this profession; as it is the job that I currently hold. There is a plethora of different activities and task that are dealt with on a daily basis within this profession. Some of these items consist of assisting both full and part time staff and faculty, maintaining order within budgets and finance, including all purchase orders and check requests, facilitating student awards, including scholarships, staffing and training within the department, as well as dealing with public policy and laws within the college. It is immensely obvious that this job would keep anyone busy. This alone is one of the reasons I love this profession so much. Each day brings something new, and important group of items to accomplish. Anyone who holds this job, would go into work everyday knowing that the tasks that they are about to perform, will create a difference to not only to the departments and its students, but will also make a difference within the entire college. This person alone has the responsibility of making ethical decisions every single day as well as watching out for others who may need help being pointed in the proper ethical direction based on their knowledge of the school’s ethics plans that have been put in place. If someone were unaware of the ethical standards in this profession, there is a lot of room for things to head in a corrupt direction rather quickly.
In Rushworth Kidder’s book “How Good People Make Tough Choices,” Kidder provides a series of different methods, codes and examples of what it means to be an ethical journalist. He gives examples of different situations where a person’s ethics may be tested and what would be a good way to deal with these situations. He starts by explaining the difference between things that are considered to be right-versus-right, and those that are considered to be right-versus-wrong. While right-versus-wrong can be easily distinguish situations that are right-versus-wrong often include one of four dilemmas in choosing what it truly right. The first is Truth versus Loyalty.
When it comes to news reporting, there are certain ethical standards that journalists must maintain. In this paper there are four main points that will be covered to show the difference between what is ethically responsible and irresponsible news reporting. The points that will be discussed are: ethical responsibility to society, if deception is permissible, ethical obligations reporters have to sources, and ethical obligations to maintain privacy? For each of these questions two examples will be discussed, one that shows ethically responsible practices of a journalist and the other displaying ethically irresponsible practices.
In today’s society, journalism is a constantly evolving profession which operates under an unofficial set of guidelines. Journalists, defined by the lecture titled “Foundations”, are tasked with providing truthful and accurate information to the public while weighing this information against potential ethical violations. Pointedly, when applied to the George Smith video, we must weigh the public’s need for information against the potential harm or discomfort it may cause. Journalists are not bound by law to uphold these principles, however, to remain a trusted and reliable purveyor of information, a journalist must combine their normative skills with ethical considerations. As explained by Lindsay Palmer in her lecture (2014), the need for ethics in relation to media, specifically global media, is extremely crucial because
In extreme situations, journalists choose the angle they can find, tick the boxes to the news worthiness, but never having a stand. According to Kempf, journalists fulfill certain criteria of newsworthiness and fake empirical evidence, which implements propaganda and in the journalists’ defense “that it did not matter the pictures were faked since they only showed what people already ‘knew’ and since they served the goal of opening the eyes of the public” (Kempf 2002, p. 60). Various examples from the War on Terror, where journalists and reporters would fake evidence just to gain more audiences but examples like this could elevate the issues, and it is as if this responsibility of Journalism of Attachment only adds fuel to the fire and this is done in the name of peace (Kempf 2002).
Nowadays, people are living in a civilized society. There are countless rules that are made to secure the best behaviors in humans, both in personal life or the professional life. Nothing can be done legally without the code of ethics, no matter where are you from. The code of ethics is connecting things and people in a whole system. Because of those ethical rules, the society is getting organized. At the same time, people’s lives are so much safer and happier compares to the old time that with weak ethical rules. Rules must adhere to the society. “Ethics help us navigate the gray area between absolute right and morally wrong.” (Brandscaping) When people go to the bathroom, they need to wait in lines; when people go to take a bus, they need
As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve mankind; to safeguard lives and property; to protect the innocent against deception, the weak against oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful against violence or disorder; and to respect the constitutional rights of all men to liberty, equality and justice.
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There are numbered of news channels that have maximum coverage throughout the country. Media contribute a lot to develop public knowledge but even after years of success, media could not alter public’s attitude towards issues. Media should discourage smoothly such attitude of public. Demonstrations and protests are good to increase pressure towards the solution of any problem, but there should be a proper way to express which should result oriented.
“Power is the ability to define reality and to have other people respond to your definition as if it were their own (Nobles).” People fail to see responsible journalism as a crisis because it is so convenient to have news media make up your mind for you. The foundation of our personal philosophies stems from irresponsible journalism through the major news sources we consume, the exposure to less responsible entertainment, and the biased reporting enforcing negative stereotypes.
The concept of morality differs for every individual. Morality is one 's concept of right and wrong as defined by the individual 's society, family, religion, ethnicity and even gender. It is also subject to the individual 's interpretation and experience. This lends credence to the idea that no one 's morality is exactly the same. The next logical question to answer would be how does one develop their morality? Developmental behaviorist such as Piaget and Kohlberg developed theories for this moral development and how it progresses from childhood into adulthood (Barsky, 2010). Kohlberg 's theory centers around three levels of growth: preconventional reasoning, conventional reasoning, and postconventional reasoning. The levels progress from
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