Towards Responsible Journalism: Code of practice, journalist oath and conscience clause
Cohen-Almagor, Raphael LU
(2023)
- Abstract
- This paper draws on the codes of ethics of a wide range of countries to propose an ideal one for a newly constituted press regulatory body in the United Kingdom. It also suggests the adoption of a codes of ethics and including a conscience clause in press journalists’ contract which would protect them from being coerced into doing clearly unethical work.
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- author
- Cohen-Almagor, Raphael
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-07-24
- type
- Working paper/Preprint
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- conscience clause, codes of ethics, journalism, press, responsibility
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- a3536b8e-1bdd-4fab-90c3-09df331f11da
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- 2023-09-08 13:07:09
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