Media Ethics

Authors: Paul, Nora
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Newspaper libraries offering reference services to the public are facing tough ethical decisions about where their loyalties should lie...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/the-ethics-of-information-selling/

Authors: Elliott, Deni
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The special relationship that United Way has with most newsrooms creates — at the very least — the appearance of a nationwide conflict of interest....
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/how-now-sacred-cow/

Authors: Barstow, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Newsroom staffers protested their publisher’s relationship to the United Way as a conflict of interest after he cut parts of a story....
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/the-ties-that-bind/

Authors: La Rosa, Paul
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When a reporter is asked to write a story on the labor negotiations between his union and the New York Daily News, and has a hard time writing a balanced story without running into conflicts with his colleagues and the paper's manag...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/like-any-other-story/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The host of a popular news show on CBS called the smaller, local network WJBK the day before Halloween, wanting some footage of the fires teenagers often light in abandoned buildings and cars on Halloween. As this problem has becom...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/not-friendly-fire/

Authors: Beall, Christopher P.
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: His editors knew that he belonged to a credit union about which he wrote. Did that clear him of allegations made by staffers of conflict of interest?...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/overdraft-on-credibility/

Authors: Jensen, Carl
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Discusses the reasons why vital stories are not covered by newspapers and television news in a timely manner. ...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/project-censored-sins-of-omission-and-the-hardest-w-of-all-%E2%80%94-why/

Authors: Boeyink, David
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: For what causes should a newspaper cross the line between editorial advocacy and community activism? After lobbying for access to low-cost education for an urban area without a pubic college or university in the newspaper, the edito...
Year: 1989
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/risking-the-newsrooms-image/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When a priest is murdered in St. Louis, details about the death are sure to cause pain for the man's friends and the larger Catholic community. How should the newspaper report the story?...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/handle-with-care/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Should newspapers assist police by publishing the names of prostitutes and their clients? A newspaper doing this is faced with reconsidering this decision when a man named as having frequented prostitutes commits suicide. ...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/naming-newsmakers/naming-johns/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: Though the Arizona Daily Star newspaper usually sells classified adds for Mother's Day or Valentine's day to be purchased to honor loved ones, they drew the line at a "salute to military personnel" ad campaign, finding the mixture o...
Year: 9999
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/military-issues/salute-to-military-ads-canceled/

Authors: Greer, Richard
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: For twenty years, gay hustlers have reported that a man they call the Handcuff Man, was drugging, handcuffing, and sometimes burning male prostitutes or men the thought to be prostitutes. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper ...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/getting-the-story/newspaper-nabs-atlantas-dahmer/

Authors: Ostrow, Joanne
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A grand jury’s investigation into allegations that KCNC-TV staged an illegal pit-bull fight for a special four-part series they were making resulted in indictments against three station employees....
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/getting-the-story/grand-jury-probe/

Authors: Elliott, Deni
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A reporter loses her job when she writes a series of letters to 160 Florida legislators protesting the ruling of Webster V. Reproductive Health Services. In the letter, she did not mention she was a journalist. When news reporters...
Year: 1989
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/covering-politics/freedom-of-political-expression/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: How do you cover a major news story when your staff is involved? KIRO-TV was forced to learn when one of its reporters was murdered....
Year: 1989
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/close-to-home/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: The adult son of an executive of your newspaper faces criminal charges. Do you report the family connection in your story?...
Year: 1991
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/workplace-issues/family-ties/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A food writer discusses the temptation to accept free meals, free trips, and other gifts. ...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/getting-the-story/food-for-thought/

Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: During the gubernatorial campaign in Texas both candidates were savvy about they were portrayed in media images, but Ann Richardson proved to be more adapt. The campaigns staged scenes that the television news was sure to tape and ...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/covering-politics/the-making-of-a-governor/

Authors: Lambeth, Edmund B. ; Aucoin, James
Publication Type: Journal Article
Secondary Title: Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal
Abstract: this article examines the implications of Alasdair Macintyre's concept outlined in his book, After Virtue, that human life is inherently narrative in nature, for the theiry and practice of journalism. The authors look at how the cri...
Year: 1993

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Authors: Taibbi, Mike
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When a cop is killed, it’s automatically a top-of-the-newscast, front-page story. Only it wasn’t murder, and covering the true story would mean that innocent people would pay the consequences....
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/sensitive-news-topics/on-the-line-a-reporters-job-vs-human-decency/

Authors: Halicks, Richard
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: When a newspaper receives a letter stating that a man is going to kill the president of the United States, they have to decide whether to help the Secret Service find the author of the letter, and if the letter is news, should it be...
Year: 1989
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/aiding-law-enforcement/knowing-when-to-say-when/

Authors: Knowlton, Steven R.
Publication Type: Book
Abstract: Part I. Locating ethical journalism in the western tradition : Introduction to ethical thinking -- The political case for moral reasoning in journalism -- The philosophical case for moral reasoning in journalism -- The economic case...
Year: 2009

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Authors: Gillespie, John
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: A television news reporter is on the scene of a police chase when the suspect begins running towards him. In a split-second decision, he decides to help the police stop him. the entire incident is caught on tape. Following this, ...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/aiding-law-enforcement/do-i-stop-him/

Authors: Howard, Lynn
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: An exclusive story can be yours. The catch is authorities want you to share your information from a key suspect....
Year: 1989
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/aiding-law-enforcement/have-i-got-a-deal-for-you/

Authors: Elliott, Deni
Publication Type: Case Study
Abstract: This commentary, based on the case "Gambling with Being First" which discusses media coverage of the Isiah Thomas story. the author...
Year: 1990
URL: http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/being-first/foul-play/