Ethical Guidelines for Journalists

Highlights

These guidelines are adapted from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics[1], the Ethics Guidelines from the Canadian Association of Journalists[2] and a draft Journalism Code of Ethics from NAI in Afghanistan. This document is not a set of rules but rather a guide that encourages all who engage in journalism to take responsibility for the information they provide, regardless of their medium. 

This document has been developed by the UN Communications Group in Afghanistan in 2016 as a resource for journalists to support them in ethical reporting.

[1] Society of Professional Journalists (2014) “SPJ Code of Ethics”. Available at: http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp

[2] The Canadian Association of Journalists (2011) “Ethics Guidelines”. Available at: http://www.caj.ca/ethics-guidelines/