Savannah’s communication’s law and ethics blog

Introduction  In a workplace we have expectations to strive for. One of these expectations is to practice good ethics and have morals. There are six ethical terms we must follow in the workforce. Even though they seem the same they are all different in their own unique way. Ethics  Ethics are moral principles that are expected of us to apply in society. It’s a guide to worldly living and to judge whether behaviors are justified. Values  Values help us to determine what is important to us. It is the worth of something. A person’s principles or standards helps  him decide what has value. In the workforce values are what a group of people, such as employees share. These are the same approvals or disapprovals employees have in a workplace. Morals  Morals are universal rules that are practiced in a society. It is the judgment of right or wrong that an individual or group share. Even though values and morals share common characteristics they are very different. Morals...

  Defamation  Defamation is defined as the action of damaging the reputation of someone; slander or libel. With social media use increasing the concern of defamation has been   accruing. Though little legal actions happen lawsuits can be filed. Opinion and Defamation  To better understand defamation we must know the difference between defamation and an opinion. Defamation is a false statement with the intent of knowing it was not true.Keywords that journalists use to make a defamation seem like an opinion is using the word “allegedly”. Every day words such as I think and it’s possible are considered statements of opinion. Slander and Libel Two types of defamation are libel and slander.    Slander is a false statement that is spoken. Libel is a false statement that is written. Defamation is still different from libel and slander because it can be used in any medium. Define Elements  There are five defining elements of defamation:  1) revealin...

Background     The Freedom of Information Act was created in 1955 by Democratic congressman John Moss and was later passed in1966. FOIA law gives people the freedom to have access of full or partial information and documents held by the United States government upon request. FOIA only happens to apply  to federal agencies and request categories include commercial, education, scientific,  representative of the news media and non-commercial. For citizens request can be made via email or phone call and has a 20 day window to be granted or denied.  Exemptions   But unfortunatelynot every request is going to be granted because there are nine exemptions.  National defense of foreign policy: matters are disclosed and are authorized by executive order to b kept secret  Internal personal rules and practices: Information that is prohibited from disclosure by another federal law Trade secrets and commercial or financial information- disclosure fina...

  The first amendment, created in 1971 along nine other amendments 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 for a redress of grievances.” Throughout history we have seen the first amendment exercised.    Religion  The freedom of religion gives people in the United States an opportunity to choose and practice any religion they want to. No government/ state can oblige citizens to practice a religion, citizens have the free will to choose. An example that comes to mind is a Muslim    being able to pray in public without having harm done to them.      Speech  The freedom of speech is the foundation of expression in the United States. The freedom to say what you want without being policed. But there are some exceptions to this part of ...