NUJ Release: Union urges MPs to help journalists refuse unethical work
January 16th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Journalism, Media releases
“UK MPs are being urged by the union to give journalists a chance to report more responsibly by refusing unethical instructions from editors without losing their jobs,” the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has announced on its site.
“The NUJ has been trying to persuade the Press Complaints Commission to adopt a ‘conscience clause’ in journalists’ contracts, to allow them to decline to undertake work they consider in breach of the union’s Code of Conduct,” a statement on the NUJ site says. Full release…
Tags: conscience clause, MPs, National Union, nuj, press complaints, Press Complaints Commission, the Press Complaints Commission, uk, United Kingdom
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