Case Study 1 Part 1 Analyse the issue using the Potter Box. Use the quadrants of the Potter Box to make your own judgment of the New York Times’ decision to delay publication for a year‚ and omit certain information. Was it ethically justifiable? 1.Definition or situation. 4. Loyalties. 2. Values. 3. Ethical principal. Facing objection for the White House‚ The New York Times went ahead and published an article about President Bush permitting the N.S.A to spy on Americans without court
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To further explore the predicament and enhance my standpoint‚ I will utilize the Potter Box method and Rest’s Four Component Model to examine my dilemma presented above. Potter Box “The Potter Box introduces four dimensions of moral analysis to aid us in locating those places where most misunderstandings occur. Along these lines‚ we can construct action guides” (Christians‚ 2013‚ p. 3)
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the workplace and define this to be an ethical dilemma and will evaluate such situation by applying the Potter Box and Rest Four Components Model to analyze this case and contextualize how to navigate the problem if I were to re-encounter this situation again in the future. Situation: The
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We were all born upon ethics that build who we are and why we are that way. It may have started with our parents‚ family‚ or friends. Prayfully‚ God stepped in and showed you the important morals and ethics of life to build a righteous foundation upon ethics. Every day we are faced with a multitude of ethical decisions such as; personal‚ professional‚ organizational‚ and political (Rieg). “Nurses and other healthcare professionals at all educational levels and in all practice settings should strive
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Is it important for people who work in the media to be ethical? (Yadav‚ 2011‚ p.5) Ethics refer to well-founded standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do‚ usually in terms of rights‚ obligations‚ benefits to society‚ fairness‚ or specific virtues. The term “morality” can be used either 1.descriptively to refer to some codes of conduct put forward by a society or‚ (a) some other group‚ such as a religion‚ or (b) accepted by an individual for her own behaviour or 2.normatively
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The Media and its Responsibilities Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility April 21‚ 2014 Thesis This paper will address and discuss the media and its responsibilities to society in perspective classical ethical theories of utilitarianism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics. It will also examine the different perspectives of the media introduced by relativism‚ ethical egoism‚ and emotivism. This paper will
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What is Ethics? And why is it important when thinking about media? (Industry perspective – Ethics in Western Media). Ethics can be defined as a set of fundamental principles and basic concepts of decent human conduct. It includes the study of universal values and the subject areas in its spectrum‚ such as the concern for health‚ safety and wellbeing‚ natural environment‚ conformity with the law of land‚ natural or human rights and the essential equality
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expression have ensured a press largely without governmental regulation. This does not mean media without standards. In this journal‚ noted U.S. experts explore the central role of media ethics as the core values that shape the functioning of U.S. journalism. In the American system‚ our free media is an essential source of the information that is at the heart of a free society. This critical role endows the media with its own power‚ which‚ when used irresponsibly‚ can threaten a free society. How
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JOURNALISM There are two opposing views on new media and journalism ethics. On one side‚ professional journalists tend to argue that new media undermine professional ethics. Bloggers flout the rules‚ in turn putting more pressure on journalists to rush stories out and take less care in sourcing stories and policing conflicts of interest. For professional journalists the solution to the problem is to tighten up: update the journalism codes and apply them to new media and as for the bloggers‚ try to include
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Assignment 3 – Minor Essay Breit argues “Ethics affect how people view right and wrong‚ good and bad‚ what is responsible and the effectiveness of accountability”. Why can ethics be problematic in media and communication industries and what solutions are viable? Ethics is a multi-dimensional concept which is difficult to define. One definition put forward by Breit (2007‚ p. 308) emphasises ethics as ‘the process of decision-making aimed at making the right choices’ and how ‘people view right
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