HOW EFFECTIVE ARE CODES OF ETHICS - A LOOK AT 3 NEWSROOMS

Authors
BOEYINK DE
Citation
De. Boeyink, HOW EFFECTIVE ARE CODES OF ETHICS - A LOOK AT 3 NEWSROOMS, Journalism quarterly, 71(4), 1994, pp. 893-904
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Communication
Journal title
Journalism quarterly → ACNP
ISSN journal
01963031
Volume
71
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
893 - 904
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-3031(1994)71:4<893:HEACOE>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Few changes in journalism ethics have been as dramatic as the prolifer ation of codes of ethics in newsrooms. Yet little has been done to ass ess how codes of ethics shape journalists' behavior when they are face d with real ethical problems. This study explores that question by loo king at the role that codes have played in real cases in three separat e newsrooms.