Ethics in Advertising

Purpose, Practices, and Claims

Fake News, Satire, and User-Generated Content

Matters of concern for today’s news consumer.

The Ethical News Consumer

In today’s world tremendous responsibility falls upon the news consumer.

Political Ethics

Criticism of democracy dates back about 2500 years to two of the greatest thinkers in the history of philosophy.

Ethical Responsibilities of the Entertainment Media

Do movie and TV creators inherit a higher obligation?

Free Speech and Censorship

Ratified in 1791, the first amendment of the Constitution of United States of America states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government…

Essentials of Ethics

Defining ethics and drawing distinctions between morality and legality.

Temporal Relativism

Examining morality through the lens of time.

Mass Media and Ethics in Journalism

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. —The Constitution of the United States, Amendment I Ethics Also…

Ethical Systems

A quick look at several different ways to view morality.