Ethical Values, the Flow of Journalistic Information and Public Relations Persons.

Ryan, Michael; Martinson, David L.

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ERIC Number: EJ299392

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Publication Date: 1984

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Ethical Values, the Flow of Journalistic Information and Public Relations Persons.

Ryan, Michael; Martinson, David L.

Journalism Quarterly, v61 n1 p27-34 Spr 1984

Reports on a study that found that public relations practitioners respond in different ways to different moral-ethical dilemmas and that they tend to think they are accountable in some situations to an authority higher than management. Concludes that subjectivism is the prevailing moral-ethical theory of practitioners. (FL)

Descriptors: Accountability, Codes of Ethics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Ethics, Information Dissemination, Information Sources, Media Research, Public Relations

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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