BERBAGAI KELEMAHAN DAN KELEBIHAN KODE ETIK SEBAGAI PANDUAN MORAL PEKERJA MEDIA

Abstract

Most professions – and fields with pretensions to professionalism – have a code of ethics. Indeed, one of the hallmarks of aproffessions as distinct from an occupation or a trade is that it has an ethical code, often with teeth to enforce it. Some of these codes are primarily for the benefit of practitioners in the professions. Its focus on such things as economics and control over entrance to the fields and its practise. Codes may also be public relations exercise, intended to make customers or the general public look more favorable on the professions. Finally, codes can also form a useful set of guidelines for practitioners, with the best interest of the public – the professions’s customers – at heart.
Key words: occupation, trade and guidelines