Community Radio Pledge (pdf) - amarc

Code of Conduct for Journalist, 1992As Issued By Press Council1. Journalism is a profession which is accountable to entire humanity.This is the reason why the journalists involved in this profession haveto dedicate themselves to human values, democratic norms and generalpublic welfare including the nation.2. Apart from sticking to truth, faith and honesty in the course ofpublishing news and opinion journalists must evolve justice andindependence as the fundamental identity of their profession.3. News which can set in schism, enmity and violence among differentcastes, creed, religious group and community should not be given anyspace.4. Just in the event one comes to know that the news has led to inadvertentloss to any individual or just in the event the same turns out to bebaseless with undeniable reaction coming in journalists must considerit as their responsibility to publish necessary correction in the desiredcolumn.5. Professional secrecy must be maintained especially when it comes toprotect the source of news.6. Journalism should not be abused to meet personal interests. It is aserious moral crime to seek financial or other benefits by making newsas the basis for the same.7. News and comment of fictitious nature and which add up to characterassassination or inference into the private life of any individual andfamily should not be published.8. One should not work with ulterior motive and in a way which can affectthe credibility of any organization or agency to meet personal interests.9. One should not give space to sexually explicit and undignified languageand material in one’s publications. One should be alert that one doesnot end up whipping up excitement and perversion and at the sametime does not end up adding pain to the victim when reporting newsrelated to crime and rape.10. The personal relations among journalists should be based onprofessional ground. It shall be deemed as against professional ethicswhen one embarks on slandering other publications.130