Legal and Ethics Case Study Solution

Case Study Solution 1
Legal and Ethical Issues Case Study
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Course [ACC213-Corp/Buss Law]
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Location of Institution [Australia]

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
1. Ethical and legal issues discussion on news delivery by the police and news channels
reactions...........................................................................................................................................3
2. Unethical responsibility and poor legal rules maintenance by social media............................5
3. Ethical issues after recovery of the murdered woman’s body..................................................6
4. Ethical and legal issues by social media after the court hearing..............................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Legal laws and ethical responsibilities are the key factors which help in maintaining good
morals in society. The two guidelines vary from one sector to another based on the professional
field, and an individual is attached. For example, social media persons have their professional,
ethical guidelines that maintain order in their line duty, ensuring proper mode of conduct among
them. Proper implementation of ethical guidelines through a profession's code of conduct can
increase society's trust in that profession.
The social media person should always ensure that they operate as per the country's legal
rules and guidelines laid down in their code of practice. Adherence to these rules increases
people's trust in the news sources hence attracting many to get updated with the current affairs.
On the other hand, the delivery of false information to people from social media outlets indicates
a lack of competence in such a profession, promoting mistrust from society (Bertrand & Jean,
2018). People would, therefore, have less preference for listening to the news being displayed
by social media to getting the information first hand.
1. Ethical and legal issues discussion on news delivery by the police and news
channels reactions
Mary Green, the news director of channel X station, receives information about a murder
case from a police PR officer and sends her team to the home of the victim. She uses a free home
address in sending the team consisting of Jane Jone's, the news reporter, and a camera crew. The
two actions, both concerning the news director, are considered unethical since the director ought
to send the news representatives at the crime scene and not the home of the victim. Legally, the
police force is the only people who are recommended to access the victim’s home as it would be

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part of their investigation. The news channel team should only attend to the scene in case the
woman is found.
The journalist's opening guideline clause on ethical issues states that proper or
professional journalism demands intelligence in terms of decision making." Besides, a target
should always be made by a journalist to obtain the information first hand. In situations when
outstanding information has to be given, the journalist should never concur before looking into
the source or alternatives. However, when confidences cannot be rejected, then they should be
given due respect in all situations. The two attributes indicate circumstances under which a
journalist should put into practice his/her profession (Diaz Campo & Segado Boj, 2015).
Another ethical issue addressed in this matter is the police mode of conduct in which
he/she gives the media personal details(names) of the wife and mother to the media. The details
are meant for them to carry out their investigation and should be private. This conduct is
unethical since the two parties may never give the social media outlets their details at will to be
disclosed to the public. The provision of the names indicates that their privacy is violated. The
wife, mother, and suburb names expose the two to the public and are against the law
requirements as they have the right to privacy (Lam, 2016).
When the police gave the headshot photo to all media houses, it was evident that this
photo would be made public through televisions and even newspapers. Ethically, the husband
whose wife was murdered has feelings about this incident. placing the woman's photos in public
can lead to mental torture to the husband and the entire believed family (Essex & Isaacs,
2018). The police were, therefore, ethically non-responsible as they should have kept the details
private.