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• Seek truth and report it – Ethical journalism should be accurate and fair. Journalists should be honest and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.
• Minimize harm – Ethical journalism treats sources, subjects, colleagues and members of the public as human beings deserving of respect.
• Act independently – The highest and primary obligation of ethical journalism is to serve the public.
• Be accountable and transparent – Ethical journalism means taking responsibility for one's work and explaining one's decisions to the public.
  
  

References

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3. USENIX, "System Administrators' Code of Ethics," 30 September 2003. [Online]. Available: https://www.usenix.org/system-administrators-code-ethics. [Accessed 17 May 2017].
4. American Press Institute, "What is the purpose of journalism?" [Online]. Available: https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/journalism-essentials/what-is-journalism/purpose-journalism/. [Accessed 17 May 2017].
5. Society of Professional Journalists, "SPJ Code of Ethics," 6 September 2014. [Online]. Available: https://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp. [Accessed 17 May 2017].