Professional Ethics, Media and Good Governance[1]
Dr. Desh Raj Sirswal
Abstract:
Philosophy is a vast
subject and it is growing day by day in many branches although it has many
traditional branches like epistemology, metaphysics, ethics and logic etc.
Professional ethics is a discipline of philosophy and a part of subject called
as ETHICS. In professional ethics we study the morals and code of conduct to be
used while one practices in his/her profession. Media is also a profession and
there is also a code of conduct to this profession better. If media
professional be ready to work according to its professional ethics, he/she can
have a good approach and it will direct him/her to play an important role in
shaping good governance. In this paper it is an attempt made to draw a relation
between all these conceptions and presents a theoretical interpretation of the
above.
[1] Presented at UGC-Sponsored National Seminar on ‘Media and Governess ‘
held on 28th March,2012 at P.G.Govt. College for Girls, Sector-11,
Chandigarh
