The Un-acceptable professional ethics among journalists (communicators)

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a. Reveal confidential sources

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6.16

b. Claim to be somebody else

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7.4

c. Use hidden microphones and cameras

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6.16

d. Pay people for confidential information

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6.16

e. Get employed in an organization to get inside information

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6.16

f. Use confidential government documents without authorization

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7.4

g. Use personal documents without permission

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7.4

h. Exert pressure on unwilling informants to get a story

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6.16

i. Agree to protect confidentiality but not doing so

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6.16

j. Use re-creations or dramatizations of news by actors without mention

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3.83

k. Publish a story with unverified content

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7.4

l. Accept money from sources

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7.4

m. Alter photographs substantially

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6.16

n. Alter quotes from sources substantially

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6.16

o. Use copyrighted material without permission

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6.16

p. Reveal the truth, no matter the consequences

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6.16