1
Jayson Blair violated journalism ethics by invading people’s privacy.
(A)
True
(B)
False
2
Which professional organization has developed its own code of journalistic ethics?
(A)
Radio Television Digital News Association
(B)
Society of Professional Journalists
(C)
National Press Photographers Association
(D)
All of the above
(E)
A and B only
3
The rules that affect what you might cover in your story are…
(A)
professional facts
(B)
legal facts
(C)
social/political facts
(D)
big picture facts
(E)
journalistic facts
4
The Journalist’s Creed by Walter Williams stresses which of the following?
(A)
All of the above are Correct
(B)
Accuracy
(C)
Truthfulness
(D)
Fairness
(E)
Independence
5
The Journalist’s Creed was written by the dean of which school?
(A)
New York School of Journalism
(B)
Poynter
(C)
Boston University
(D)
Missouri School of Journalism
(E)
None of the Above
6
Which focuses on rules and duties?
(A)
Utilitarianism
(B)
Deontology
(C)
Teleology
(D)
Consequentialism
(E)
Virtue ethics
7
The Journalist’s Creed by Walter Williams stresses which of the following?
(A)
Accuracy
(B)
Truthfulness
(C)
Fairness
(D)
Independence
(E)
All of the above are Correct
8
Meyers’ framework for ethical decision making starts with…
(A)
getting the facts
(B)
listening to your gut
(C)
keeping an open mind
(D)
minimizing harm
(E)
identifing the duties at stake
9
Which is NOT a perfect duty?
(A)
Fidelity
(B)
Formal justice
(C)
Distributive justice
(D)
Nonmaleficence
(E)
Reparation
10
Which professional organization has developed its own code of journalistic ethics?
(A)
Radio Television Digital News Association
(B)
Society of Professional Journalists
(C)
National Press Photographers Association
(D)
All of these
11
Distributive justice is defined as
(A)
improving the lives of others
(B)
honoring the autonomy of another person
(C)
helping the least advantaged members of society
(D)
treating people equally
(E)
giving people what they’ve earned
12
Prima facie means…
(A)
ethical reasoning
(B)
moral reasoning
(C)
distributive justice
(D)
formal justice
(E)
common sense
13
_______ is defined as the norms a group or society follows or a universal code of conduct
for everyone.
(A)
Ethics
(B)
Morality
(C)
Fidelity
(D)
Perfect duty
(E)
Imperfect duty
14
Journalists are self-policing.
(A)
True
(B)
False
15
Most true ethical dilemmas involve conflict between two legitimate interests.
(A)
True
(B)
False
16
Formal justice is giving people what they’ve legitimately earned and treating people
equally.
(A)
True
(B)
False
17
Beneficence is making up for the harm you’ve caused others.
(A)
True
(B)
False
18
Perfect duties are problematic because you won’t always be in a position to act on them.
(A)
True
(B)
False
19
Doing good journalistic work often means that a journalist contributes to causing some sort
of harm.
(A)
True
(B)
False
20
Meyers advises journalists to do a gut check to see what feels right before you get too
clouded by the facts.
(A)
True
(B)
False
21
The “Cardinal Tenet of Journalism” is defined by truth being a key standard by which it is
judged.
(A)
True
(B)
False
22
The actions of News of the World were…
(A)
illegal
(B)
unethical
(C)
both illegal and unethical
(D)
neither illegal nor unethical
(E)
fabrication
23
Name 3 steps in ethical-decision making?
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