Ethics and Codes of Conduct

Code:

CC020

Acronym:

EDPROF

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Communication Sciences

Instance: 2020/2021 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Communication and Information Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Communication Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CC	106	CC - Study Plan	2	-	6	46	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Discuss the ethical principles and moral criteria that inspire the rights and duties of the communication professions. Observe the relationships (against or in line) with the law. Seek to understand how and why the deontological concerns have emerged in space and time. Study the diverse regulatory and supervision instruments of professional conduct. Based on democratic principles, reflect on the role and responsibility of this profession in the social field, and on its relations of influence with other social fields (political, economic, legal and artistic). Place the constraints facing the journalistic field into context. Discuss the moral dilemmas that arise in the performance of work, aiming to stimulate a good discussion of global ethics, and the development of the professional practice of self-criticism, in an increasingly complex and demanding age.

Learning outcomes and competences

Working method

B-learning

Program

1. Ethics and moral development
1.1. Moral development
1.2. Complex ethics
1.3. Tolerance and intellectual responsability
1.4. Ethics, Deontology and Law

2. Ethics and Deontology in Journalism
2.1. The public service ideal
2.2. Freedom, responsability and accountability
2.3. Media regulation and self-regulation

3. Ethics and Deontology in Public Relations
3.1. Between public and private interest
3.2. The symmetrical model of Public Relations
3.3. Codes of conduct in Public Relations

4. Communication professions: ethical and deontological issues of today

Mandatory literature

BERTRAND, Claude-Jean; Deontologia dos Media, MinervaCoimbra, 2002
BOURDIEU, Pierre; Sobre a Televisão, Oeiras, Celta Ed., 1997
CAMPONEZ, Carlos; Deontologia do Jornalismo: A Autorregulação Frustrada dos Jornalistas Portugueses (1974-2007), Almedina, 2011
FIDALGO, Joaquim; O Lugar da Ética e da Auto-regulação na Identidade Profissional dos Jornalistas, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2009
Gisela Gonçalves; Ética das relações públicas. ISBN: 978-972-798-334-6
Livro de Estilo, Público, Público, 2005
Lourenço, Orlando Martins; Psicologia do Desenvolvimento Moral, Coimbra, Almedina, 2002
MORIN, Edgar; O Método VI: Ética, Publicações Europa-América, 2005
MORIN, Edgar; Os Sete Saberes para a Educação do Futuro, Instituto Piaget, 2002. ISBN: 972-771-540-0
PARSONS, Patricia J; Ethics in Publi Relations: A guide to best Practice, Kogan Page. ISBN: 978 0 7494 5332 9
Popper Karl 1902-1994; Em busca de um mundo melhor

Complementary Bibliography

Alan J. Pakula (dir.); “All the President’s Men", 1976
Barry Levinson (dir.); "Wag The Dog", 1997
Billy Ray (dir.); "Shattered Glass", 2003
Billy Wilder (dir.); “Ace in the Hole, AKA Big Carnival”, EUA, 1951
Dan Gilroy (dir.); Nightcrawler, 2014
Fritz Lang; "Fúria”, EUA, 1936
George Clooney (dir.); "The Ides of March", 2011
James Bridges (dir.); The China Syndrome, 1979
Jason Reitman; "Thank You For Smoking", 2005
Michael Mann (real.); “O Informador”, EUA, 1999
Michael Winterbottom; "Welcome To Sarajevo", 1997
Peter Finch (dir.); "Network", 1976
Ron Howard (dir.); “Paper”, EUA, 1994
Rob Marshall (dir.); “Chicago”, EUA, 2003
Sydney Pollack (dir.) ; “Absence of Malice”, EUA, 1981
Tom McCarthy (dir.); "Spotlight", 2015

Teaching methods and learning activities

Case studies and discussion of ethical dilemmas. Class and group discussions will be strongly encouraged in order to promote the moral development of students. To ensure quality and results in learning, we have prepared a set of additional teaching aids. Oral presentations of group work will be encouraged.

Software

não se aplica

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Teste	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	60,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Trabalho de investigação	60,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Mandatory attendance of 75% of classes, unless established otherwise by general law and in the FLUP Evaluation Rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

Distributed evaluation without a final exam;

Group assignments 50% + written test 50%. Students must obtain a minimum score of 7,5 (on a scale of 0 to 20) in the test.

Examinations or Special Assignments

All students who meet the conditions to attend the special course completion season (September) must take a written exam.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

As provided in the FLUP Assessment Regulations

Classification improvement

Grade improvement only by exam in the appeal season.

Observations

Bonus for participation in the Moodle forums up to 1.5 points in the evaluation. This bonus will take into account the frequency and mostly the quality of participation. There is no penalty for not participating, nor for less successful interventions.