Organization:National
Syndicate of French Journalists
Date Approved:
1938
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National Syndicate of French Journalists - Duties of French Journalists
Adopted by the National Syndicate of French Journalists in 1918 and revised and completed by the Syndicate in 1938.
A journalist worthy of the name:
- assumes responsibility of all that he writes;
- considers the slander, unfounded accusations, alteration of documents, distortion of facts, and lying to be the most serious professional misconduct;
- recognizes the jurisdiction of his colleagues as the only
one which is sovereign in matters of professional honour;
- accepts only such assignments that are compatible with
his professional dignity;
- renounces to invoke an imaginary title of quality, use
disloyal means to get information or take advantage of the
good faith of anybody;
- does not receive money in a public service or a private
enterprise where his status of journalist, his influence
and his relations may be made use of;
- does not sign articles of commercial or financial advertising;
- does not commit any plagiarism;
- does not claim the position held by another colleague
nor does cause him to be dismissed by offering to work under
inferior conditions;
- keeps the professional secrecy;
- does not make use of the freedom of the press with profit-seeking
intentions;
- demands the freedom to honestly publish his information;
- respects justice and gives it top priority;
- does not confuse his role with a policeman's.
