B2B Journalist Ethics: An ASBPE Guide to Best Practices

ASBPE Guide to Best Practices Introduction Business-to-business (B2B) publications, online and in print, exist to serve their audiences in the specialized fields they cover, while being financially viable businesses themselves. To provide the publication’s service effectively, editors must maintain editorial excellence and the trust of the communities they serve. These goals are accomplished through constant […]

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Ethics of the Radio-Televsion Digital News Association

Guiding Principles: Journalism’s obligation is to the public. Journalism places the public’s interests ahead of commercial, political and personal interests. Journalism empowers viewers, listeners and readers to make more informed decisions for themselves; it does not tell people what to believe or how to feel. Ethical decision-making should occur at every step of the journalistic […]

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Code of Ethics – National Press Photographers Association

National Press Photographers Association Code of Ethics PREAMBLE The National Press Photographers Association, a professional society that promotes the highest standards in visual journalism, acknowledges concern for every person’s need both to be fully informed about public events and to be recognized as part of the world in which we live. Visual journalists operate as […]

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Professional Codes of Ethics (ASNE)

Professional Codes of Ethics  – American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) ASNE Statement of Principles ASNE’s Statement of Principles was originally adopted in 1922 as the “Canons of Journalism.” The document was revised and renamed “Statement of Principles” in 1975. PREAMBLE. The First Amendment, protecting freedom of expression from abridgment by any law, guarantees to the […]

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Code of Ethics of Association of Foreign Correspondents in the United States

The Association of Foreign Correspondents in the United States is aware of its responsibility in the ethical shaping of journalism and hereby states that: an ethical journalist acts with integrity ethical journalism strives to ensure the free exchange of information that is both accurate and fair ethical journalists openly publish their intellectual product for information […]

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Code of Ethics – Society for Professional Journalists

Society for Professional Journalists Preamble Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists from all media […]

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