Code of Blogging Ethics at Desirable Roasted Coffee
To write, publish, and be read is a privilege and responsibility. Being mindful of that privilege and responsibility:
1. I shall not barter my words or my silence.
2. I shall write and advocate openly and honestly.
3. I shall strive for accuracy, avoiding errors and correcting them immediately when discovered.
4.
I shall strive for balance; even in advocacy, I shall not distort or
suppress obviously relevant facts to bolster my argument.
5. I shall welcome and invite rebuttal, debate and discussion through comments, email, and trackbacks.
6.
I shall disclose my sources fully, through credits, links and
trackbacks, unless the source, with good grounds, has requested
anonymity; moreover, I shall trackback where relevant and possible.
7. I shall respect copyright; my own words will be licensed with a Creative Commons license.
8.
I shall let the record stand; I shall not delete posts, or parts of
them, unless not doing so would violate one of the foregoing
principles, and shall give notice that I have done so. If I modify a
post, it shall be by adding to it; and I shall mark these additions
clearly.
9. I shall reveal material conflicts-of-interest.
10. I
shall, as a member of IABC, a trained reporter, a resident of the
European Union, and a citizen of the United States of America, remain
mindful of the IABC Code of Ethics, the Code of Ethics of the Society
of Professional Journalists, and the laws of the European Union and the
United States.
Allan Jenkins, Copenhagen, 11 December 2004
Added 13 December 2004: Why did I post this?
{ 2 comments }
A rather honorable example …
well done.
Thank you, Jozef.
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