Legal and Ethical Issues
Legal and ethical issues are the moral and guided principles that define how a person or group act. These can be the general rules that people working in the TV and Film industry follow as a part of their rules and guidelines. Employment legislation is a set of all the rules which keep employers safe from discrimination against things such as sexism, racism, age and homophobia. This also ensures that employers are kept comfortable work without worrying about any problems. All employees information is kept confidential between them and the employer. As an ethical issue example this can be seen when the Sun newspaper broke its code for the PCC's Editors code of practise. The PCC ensure that the medias papers are considerable and proper. They had violated the first code which was "Accuracy". this was because they had wrote in their edition of the report for 'The Hillsborough Disaster' that the fans were drunk and violent towards the police officers, this was not true as no evidence showed it in the actual event. They had also said that what they hd reported was a fact and had not been distorted in any way, shape or form, this was later proven to be a lie. the code states that they should distinguish the truth from accusations/lies in their papers. Although the Sun had apologised this was 23 years after the disaster had happened. At the time of the paper was published what was said in the media would've been highly influential on the resources and evidence the police had for that national disaster. the sun may have also violated the fifth code 'intrusion into grief or shock' as they had targeted the victims of the disaster and put them under the title of "hooliganism". This would be very disrespectful to those of the affected families.
The laws within the workplace are kept in tact by the codes of practise, this would be legal legislation. These rules ,must be followed within the workplace and if they are not it would be going against the workplace rules which could result in the employee losing their job. On a film set for example the actors and editors will have to follow set of rules et by the production company which can be joint with health and safety regulations. In regards to the sun newspaper and the event of the Hillsborough Disaster they may have broken some legal issues as well as work related ethical values. This can be because they had publicly humiliated Liverpool fans and the victims of the disaster with their article on the event. This can also lead to the police force putting false blame on the wrong people, for example many of the officers working at the time had gave false allegations to police saying that the fans had broken where in actual fact they were let in despite the over crowded seating.
BBC's Code of Practise
BBC's code of practise sets out the principles and trustees of the broadcasting company. They are committed to the highest standards of integrity, impartiality and objectivity. Meaning they in no way, shape or form will ever be biased to on side. They promise to be open with this code of practise and responsive and accountable to license fee payers. The BBC are a government channel, which means what they report and show on their channel should be of truth/fact. This in affect ensures what the viewers are watching is not going to be untruthful and they are receiving the correct information.
The productions that get produced on BBC have to be of of equal opportunity. This can be seen in the example of the documentary "Love me Love my Face", a documentary on a man with a facial disability tells his story and how he has gone through life with his significant other. This shows that the BBC are conforming to all their audiences by implementing productions with different disabilities into their channel. It gives a sense of equal opportunity and allows minority groups to be represented in a positive way. Ut can also inform other people who may not know about a certain minority and educate them on the topic. It allows the BBC to spread their audience
BBC's Code of Practise
BBC's code of practise sets out the principles and trustees of the broadcasting company. They are committed to the highest standards of integrity, impartiality and objectivity. Meaning they in no way, shape or form will ever be biased to on side. They promise to be open with this code of practise and responsive and accountable to license fee payers. The BBC are a government channel, which means what they report and show on their channel should be of truth/fact. This in affect ensures what the viewers are watching is not going to be untruthful and they are receiving the correct information.
The productions that get produced on BBC have to be of of equal opportunity. This can be seen in the example of the documentary "Love me Love my Face", a documentary on a man with a facial disability tells his story and how he has gone through life with his significant other. This shows that the BBC are conforming to all their audiences by implementing productions with different disabilities into their channel. It gives a sense of equal opportunity and allows minority groups to be represented in a positive way. Ut can also inform other people who may not know about a certain minority and educate them on the topic. It allows the BBC to spread their audience
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