The Metrics of Ethics
February 18, 2005
Despite some very public media malfeasance and mea culpas lately, it turns out that we in the press employ an ethical standard that is significantly higher than in most other professions. No, seriously. That’s according to a study co-authored by Renita Coleman, a professor of communications at Louisiana State University. She makes the case to Brooke that her findings refute the conventional wisdom that ethically, reporters rank just above used car salesmen.
