Making Ethical Choices

According to the text, what is ethics?

• the branch of philosophy that deals with right and wrong

• the assurance of secrecy for restricted information

• the removal or prohibition of material by an authority, usually governmental

• material that offends local community standards and lacks serious artistic purpose

According to the text, what is confidentiality?

• the branch of philosophy that deals with right and wrong

• the assurance of secrecy for restricted information

• the removal or prohibition of material by an authority, usually governmental

• material that offends local community standards and lacks serious artistic purpose

According to the text, what is censorship?

• the branch of philosophy that deals with right and wrong

• the assurance of secrecy for restricted information

• the removal or prohibition of material by an authority, usually governmental

• material that offends local community standards and lacks serious artistic purpose

According to the text, what is obscenity?

• the branch of philosophy that deals with right and wrong

• the assurance of secrecy for restricted information

• the removal or prohibition of material by an authority, usually governmental

• material that offends local community standards and lacks serious artistic purpose

According to the text, what is a copyright?

• the exclusive rights to something a person has written or otherwise created

• the printing or broadcasting of false information that damages someone's reputation

• a spoken falsehood, a lie

• the review of a proof of a newspaper by an official before it goes to press

According to the text, what is libel?

• the exclusive rights to something a person has written or otherwise created

• the printing or broadcasting of false information that damages someone's reputation

• a spoken falsehood, a lie

• the review of a proof of a newspaper by an official before it goes to press

According to the text, what is slander?

• the exclusive rights to something a person has written or otherwise created

• the printing or broadcasting of false information that damages someone's reputation

• a spoken falsehood, a lie

• the review of a proof of a newspaper by an official before it goes to press

According to the text, what is prior review?

• the exclusive rights to something a person has written or otherwise created

• the printing or broadcasting of false information that damages someone's reputation

• a spoken falsehood, a lie

• the review of a proof of a newspaper by an official before it goes to press

According to the text, what does it mean to be off-the-record?

• comments are made to a reporter as background information and not for publication

• a correction in a subsequent issue of a publication

• a written directive approved by the school board to protect the rights of student expression

• a committee set up to help guide and advise student publications

According to the text, what is a retraction?

• comments are made to a reporter as background information and not for publication

• a correction in a subsequent issue of a publication

• a written directive approved by the school board to protect the rights of student expression

• a committee set up to help guide and advise student publications