Week 10 Questions

1. In the chapter’s discussion of ethics models, they focus only on journalists.  How can these models for making ethically-sound decisions in the workplace transfer to other professions such as advertising and public relations?
2. This chapter lists the codes of ethics for a number professional societies.  Though they differ based on the profession, there are many similarities.  They all have clauses dealing with independence and fairness.  How would the context of these ethics vary across the different professions?
3. Media Law and Media ethics often intertwine.  What are some examples of when a law and an ethic have not agreed?

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