As a student enrolled and/or participating in Peacock Media and Journalism courses, I recognize that my work must adhere to basic standards and best practices in the profession.
I hereby agree to uphold the following core principles of professional ethics in journalism:
- Accuracy. I will ensure that my work adheres to basic principles of accuracy, striving to gather relevant facts, fact-checking and corroborating all information before publication.
- Fairness and Impartiality. I will ensure that my reporting adheres to basic “fairness” principles by striving to be balanced and putting information in context in order to establish credibility and trust with our audiences.
- Corrections. I promise to undertake in a timely manner any corrections to factual inaccuracies or misrepresentations.
- Independence. I will show no favor or negative bias towards any particular person, physical or moral. I will declare any conflict of interest and will refrain from accepting gifts or any other inducement in exchange for favorable coverage.
- Slander and Libel. I will ensure that my work does not harm or impugn the reputation of any person, physical or moral, in an unfair, unjustified, or gratuitous manner.
- Plagiarism. I promise that my work will be my own and will not be copied or borrowed from any other sources without attribution.
- Fabrication. I promise that my work will never invent information, fabricate non-existent events, or falsify quotes or any other information.
- Misrepresentation. I promise that I will always represent myself accurately when requesting interviews, and will indicate unequivocally whether my work will be published. I will also be clear with interview subjects about whether an interview is for attribution, off-the-record or for background only.
- Ownership. I understand that the content – including articles, photos and videos – produced for Peacock Media belongs to AUP Student Media; I must ask permission from the Peacock Board if I would like to reproduce this content elsewhere or request removing it.