Ethical Constraints

Ethical Constraints

Ethics is doing something or saying something which would offend other people. In media Producers have to follow certain guidelines when it comes to ethics.

Privacy

The first constraint producers have to work to is privacy. Producers have to make sure that they balance the public's interest in freedom of expression with the expectation of privacy of individuals. They must also protect private information of the actors/actresses who work for them.

Taste and Decency ; offend or insult

Another costaint producers have to work is taste and decency; offend or insult. Producers have to make sure that any jokes are appropriate or do not offend anyone.

Ensure you're working within excepted norms

Producer must also make sure that they work with in the norm of society. Actions like racism or hitting woman isn't in the norm so producers should be careful of the content they put out.

Issues of fair representation

Producer must also make sure that they have fair representation of groups or people when talking about a certain topic as not to outbalance one side of the argument.

Protecting children or vulnerable people

When talking about a serious topic that involves children or vulnerable people producers must make sure that the identity is blurred so they would feel safe talking about what has happened to them.

Using off the record information

When it comes to using off the record information producers must be careful to protect people's identity so no harm will come to the person in question.