EthicNet

Databank for European
Codes of Journalism Ethics

Welcome to EthicNet!

  • EthicNet is a project which aims at a comprehensive databank offering basic information on media ethics for journalism students and teachers as well as scholars and practitioners. We believe that this kind of open service on Internet may contribute to raising the standards of journalistic performance.
  • EthicNet is a collection of codes of journalism ethics from most of the European countries, translated into English. The core of the collection resulted from numerous research projects of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Tampere, and it has been extended and updated with information from various relevant sources.
  • The contents of EthicNet are inevitably incomplete, and we welcome all proposals for its improvement! We would be especially delighted to receive additional codes for this collection. Efficient updating of EthicNet naturally requires continuous funding - something that cannot guaranteed at present. EthicNet is therefore a call for all interested parties to contact us for further discussion about working together.
  • EthicNet is maintained by the Journalism Research and Development Centre at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Tampere, Finland. The database is supervised by Prof. Kaarle Nordenstreng and Dr. Ari Heinonen.
  • Contact information:

EthicNet
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
FIN-33014 University of Tampere
FINLAND
e-mail: ethicnet@uta.fi

Updated Tuesday, 7.5.2002.


More about ethics:

  • Asia Media Ethics
    By the Asian Journalism Network (AJNet).
  • Déontologie des médias - Media ethics
    Worldwide information on media ethics and (non-governmental) media accountability systems (M*A*S). By Claude-Jean Bertrand.
  • Ethics on the World Wide Web
    School of Communication, California State University-Fullerton USA
  • Jet Pilot
    Jet Pilot is the trial phase of a project to develop standards for training journalists working in digital media. It is co-coordinated by the European Federation of Journalists, and funded by the Leonardo programme of DGXXII of the European Commission.
  • Media Ethics Resource File
    Poynter Institute for Media Studies, USA. Tipsheets and guidelines, case studies, speeches and articles and seminar/conference work concerning media ethics from various perspectives.
  • Professional Ethics
    Information about Professional ethics concerning the information systems profession.
  • Suomen Journalistiliitto: Journalistin ohjeet (in Finnish)

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