Executive Summary This report lists, describes and evaluates the ethical dilemma in real life situation. This report deals with those who involved in the News of World Phone Hacking Scandal. The reasons include involvement of Personal issues of Celebrities, Politicians and General peoples as well. It also briefly explains the causes which can lead to ethical dilemma and the solution to deal with it. In this report, there are several examples of the situations which puts or causes ethical dilemma and even describes the ethical theories which are best suitable to explain it properly. Most importantly it evaluates whether it right to do charity and fight for justice afterwards or simply take a step from the beginning to stop such situations to …show more content…
For engaging in phone hacking, employees of the newspaper were accused which is reveal in the top stories. TheInvestigation of 2005–2007 resolved that the papers phone hacking activities were confined to celebrities, politicians and members of the British Royal Family. In our life, Work is very important part and it is not something that we easily would or could , abandon. Yet, the very idea of work seems to suggest drudgery and tile, something to be avoided when possible. Work seems a necessary evil. “The Greek Philosopher Aristotle recognised work as necessary for the good life , yet he also disparaged work because of this very necessary and therefore slavish nature.” Most of the newspaper want public attention to them by spreading some advance news via newspaper.The Way they are choosing to publish is Mobile Hacking for publishing these kind of Hot News which reknown as a Scandal. And most of the time victims are Very Important Person like- Politicians, Social Workers, Parliament Minister, Cops and sometimes even general
It is fathomable that it is an exceedingly difficult position to face and the decision the judge came up was equally challenging, however, there must be an alternative resolution. Whether we look to deontological the inquiry ethics and ethical decisions based on an emerging behavior the manner on this court case shed light on what is deemed “right” or the other hand who is honestly worth protecting. I have to irradiate that Immanuel Kant the German philosopher statement applies in this court case, “that all consequentialist theories missed something crucial to ethics by neglecting the concept of
Normally in these contexts, politicians
The application of this framework on a given mobile agent is expected to reveal the controversial behaviours that can be classified as ethical issues like, interferences, spying snoop around, stealing of information and harming other mobile agent in the agency. Most of the behaviours or acts are dishonest, unjust, and irresponsible, which does not support the principles of ethics – fairness Hence this ethical framework will enhance the level of ethics and security of a mobile agent system
Muckraking is what us muckrakers do which is to point out the negatives of the society in which we live in and show how corrupted the government system can be. Also how selfish people can be by treating others and the environment cruelly just for their own beneficial gain. There’s different types of muckrakers such as photographers, speakers and also journalists such as myself who will investigate to tell you the truth of what’s unjust and unfair in the world we live in today. In this article I will talk to you about the innocent civilians of today’s society and about the things that have been going on: such as the unsafe products that companies are making you work with, some of our children having to work jobs that we should have to work, natural resources being wasted disgracefully and other horrible topics as well. Do you think companies really truly do care about their customers or just the benefits they get by having us the people buy the products they sell?
These people included those with a high position or rank in society, such as police
Developing from the reasoning of (Russ Shafer-Landau, p.p 13), it is clear that there is a difference between normative ethics and metaethics. Normative ethics are those values that develop from within a personality and are always employed whenever ethics are breached. On the other hand the metaethics is basically the diverse elements that are considered crucial for building positive ethical believes. (Shafer-Landau, p.p 29), also brings forward other moral ethical elements such as the moral error theory, the desire-satisfaction theory, ethical particularism and the doctrine of double effects. All the above elements are crucial for shaping ones ethical perspectives and inclinations leave alone resolving ethical issues within a society.
Journalists are routinely trusted to write the facts of a situation and inform the general public of the current events in the world. In Scoop, written by Evelyn Waugh, the news industry does not act in a reliable and trustworthy way. This novel uses the innocent William Boot as a vessel to convey the vast corruption of the journalism business. The corruption begins when William Boot meets with Lord Copper, believing his job as a nature writer to be in jeopardy.
To resolve this conflict of interest, I would like to use Thomas White’s Framework. Thomas White’s framework for ethical decision making should be more useful to deal with situations in dilemma. White’s framework states: • Analyze the consequences and collecting necessary information. • Analyze the actions. • Making the final decisions.
As ethical standards are not codified, dilemmas about proper behaviour often occur at the time of taking decisions by the managers nowadays (L.Daft 2006. 157). As a consequence managers encounter many problems when making decisions. An ethical dilemma arises in a situation concerning right or wrong when values are in conflict. Right and wrong cannot be clearly identified, so the manager need to analysis the effect of using each types of ethical decision making.
According to the surveillance laws in the UK, obtaining data through technology illegally or misusing the functions of technology is against the law, moreover, reporting that news is also against the communication laws. In this paper, we will talk about the hacking scandal case and analyze the related regulations with this case to figure out the legal problems of this case. 6.1. News Of The World (NOTW) The News of the World
The tabloid journalism also affects politics to a significant extent. The present trend in media reporting constantly keeps watch on the personal life of the politicians rather than pressing importance on the official activities .They deliberately search for scams, scandals and corruptions. This results in concentrating the public’s sight on the personal life of famous people which in a way is breaching of their privacy .The tabloid journalism also succeeded in creating public opinion due to which the public becomes judgmental about their leaders and blindly go by the matter reported by the press.
Distinguish on ethical grounds between ‘doing what you think is right’ and ‘doing the right thing’. Explain with examples. Every human being (by ricochet business, institution or government) has to bear the good and bad consequences of his acts. The bottom line is always to derive pleasure and happiness from a work well done or feel disgusted or aggrieved if things turn wrong.
Hughes Whistleblowing Case, n.d.). Hence, the focus of this paper is to determine whether or not whistle blowing is really worth the trouble, even though it is almost always ethically correct. What are Goodearl’s obligations/responsibilities Goodearl has several responsibilities. First, Goodearl has responsibility to herself and her family, for one cannot survive with proper sources of income to exchange for goods and services.
With the recent events concerning Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion, the media has sprung into action and journalists from every news outlet have given their opinion on the morals and values of Joyce. The journalists have a code of conduct that they have to follow, this is known formally as the ‘Code of Ethics’. These ethics include the accuracy of information used and how they manipulate facts. In an article Cruel irony of Joyce affair for tough, smart Vikki, Joe Hildebrand wrote that the scandal is invading the privacy of Joyce and Campion.
As children, we were taught by our parents that it is wrong to lie, cheat, and steal. As we grow up and enter into the real world with some knowledge of right and wrong, we see, first hand, the importance of ethics as well as its complexity. The role of ethics in our society and in an individual’s life is very necessary because it has a large influence on today, as well as the future. We need to learn about good ethics because they guide our decisions, make us who we are, and determine our future.