ETHICS AND PRINCIPLES OF

JOURNALISM
• CODE OF ETHICS ARE A COMMON TOOL THAT MEDIA COUNCILS USE TO
COMMUNICATE ETHICAL PRINCIPLES TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, TO EDUCATE
JOURNALIST ABOUT ETHICS ,AND TO MAKE DECISIONS IN COMPLAINTS
PROCEDURES. ALTHOUGH THE CORE JOURNALIST VALUES ARE THE SAME
ACROSS THE EUROPEAN UNION, THEIR PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION VARIES
FROM CONTEXT TO CONTEXT.

• THIS MODULE AIMS TO MAKE THE CODES OF ETHICS FROM DIFFERENT

REGIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION ACCESSIBLE, EXPLORABLE, AND
COMPARABLE.

• 1.MAPPING THE CORE PRINCIPLES.

2. SEARCHING THE CORE PRINCIPLES
3. EXPLORING THE CORE PRINCIPLES BY COUNTRY
4.LIST OF THE 55 ETHICAL CODES
5.FULL – TEXT SEARCH IN THE ETHICAL CODES
. ETHICS CAN BE CONCISELY DEFINED AS THE REASONING BEHIND HUMAN
ACTION AND MORALS.
. WHILST MORALS REFERS TO THE PRACTICAL VALUE CHOICES A PERSON
MAKES, ETHICS REFERS TO THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND THEM.
• THE ETHICS OF JOURNALISM HAVE MANY ASPECTS INCLUDING LEGAL,
INSTRUCTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL.
• THE WORK OF A JOURNALIST IS ULTIMATELY CONTROLLED BY NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL LAWS. USUALLY, IN FREE DEMOCRACIES, THE ETHICAL CODE
OF JOURNALISM IS STRONGER THAN THE LOCAL LAW : NOT EVERYTHING THAT
IS LEGAL IS NECESSARILY GOOD PRACTICE. INTERNATIONAL LAW,
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS AND DOMESTIC LAW ARE DOESN’T THE ONLY
SYSTEM HAT REGULATE THE WORK OF A JOURNALIST.
 WHAT IS ETHICS IN JOURNALISM?

ACCORDING TO THE BASIC DIVISION, THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF ETHICS

1. DUTY- BASED ETHICS
2. CONSEQUENTIALIST ETHICS
IN THE CASE OF JOURNALISM, DUTY BASED ETHICS STRESS THE IMPORTANCE
OF TRUTH WHALE CONSEQUENTIAL ETHICS FOCUS ON SOCIETAL GOOD. IF A
JOURNALIST THINGS THAT IT IS A MOST IMPORTANT THAT A STORY IS TRUE
AND THAT FACT ARE RIGHT THEY FOLLOW DUTY BASED ETHICS.
• THE ETHICAL CODE OF JOURNALISM IS MUCH THE SAME AS
THE ETHICAL CODE OF SCIENCE.
• AS IN SCIENCE IN JOURNALISM IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO BE
OBJECTIVE, CRITICAL,. AUTONOMOUS AND PROGRESSIVE.
• OBJECTIVITY AND CRITICALLY DESCRIBE THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH KNOWLEDGE .
• THE ETHICAL CODE OF PROGRESSIVE REFERS TO THE
PRINCIPLE THAT SCIENCE AND JOURNALISM SHOULD
CREATE NEW INFORMATION.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
WHAT IS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ?
• FREEDOM OF THE PRESS OR FREEDOM OF THE
MEDIA IS THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES THAT
COMMUNICATION AND EXPRESSION THROUGH
VARIOUS MEDIA,
• INCLUDING PRINTED AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
• THE UNITED NATION 1948 UNIVERSAL
DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS STATES
EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF
OPINION AND EXPRESSION THIS RIGHT INCLUDES
FREEDOM TO HOLD OPINION WITHOUT
INTERFERENCE, AND TO SEEK , RECEIVE AND
IMPART INFORMATION AND IDEAS THROUGH ANY
MEDIA REGARDLESS OF FRONTIERS.
• FREEDOM OF PRESS OR MEDIA REFERS TO THE RIGHTS
GIVEN BY THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA UNDER THE
FREEDOM AND EXPRESSION OF SPEECH IN ARTICLE 19 IT
ENCOURAGES INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM AND PROMOTES
DEMOCRACY BY LETTING THE PEOPLE VOICE THEIR
OPINIONS FOR OR AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT’S ACTION.
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