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Overseas Codes

Asian Media Codes of Ethics
This site covers the codes and regulations current in Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Sri Lanka.

EthicNet Databank for European Codes of Journalism Ethics
This site contains the Regulations, Honour Codes, and codes of practice for journalists in 31 European countries, plus the International Federation of Journalists' (IFJ) "Declaration of Principles on the Conduct of Journalists"

SPJ Code of Ethics
As well as containing the SPJ's own code, this site contains links to several other American codes and media ethics sites, such as the 1994 Statement of Ethical Principles by the Associated Press Managing Editors (APME).

European Institute for the Media
The research section contains links to several useful works. But, if you're stuck on a problem involving Eropean media - including the journalism codes - you can always post a question to the Institute's Newsgroup.

UK Academic Courses and Centres: Journalism
It is difficult to single one course's pages out as having the most relevance to the topic of overseas codes. However, within these listings are some gems - if you have the time to search for them.

Newsworthy: Minnesota News Council
An interesting series of quotations/abstracts/articles about how journalism codes of ethics in America could be inconflict with the First Amendment on Free Speech.

Asian Journalism Network

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