Ethics or Not? That is the question!

Response to the ethical questions from Professor Fox

1. As a responsible journalists, one should turn the offer down. However, if the reporter was a critic then this would be a different situation. As a journalist, we have a ethical responsibility to be fair and just. We should not be able to be bought or sold for any price. As a critic, it would be our job to report on the accommodations of a hotel but as a journalists that is not our job.

2. This reporter should reject the free gift or donate it to someone else. They were at the Convention Center to report on the job fair. They were not there to be entered into a raffle. It would not be a smart ethical decision to keep that free gift.

3. As an editor, I would have the advantage of sampling the promotional items. I believe I would have to listen to the music, watch the movies, and even wear a few t-shirts as part of the job. An editor’s position is different than a journalist’s position. As an editor, I have the freedom to report on my opinion and my views.