Designed for professional communicators (journalists, PR practitioners and literary writers), Professional Communication: Legal and Ethical Issues focuses on the application of legal and ethical principals, examining the roles of professional communicators in Australia and the legal and ethical problems they face. This text charts the roles of professional communicators in context and looks at the relationship between the media and the legal system, using case studies to illustrate and analyse legal and ethical issues arising for Australian practitioners.
By:
Breit
Imprint: Butterworths
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: 2nd edition
Weight: 1.000kg
ISBN: 9780409327328
ISBN 10: 0409327328
Publication Date: 19 September 2011
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part 1 - Scoping the Environment Ch 1 - Positioning professional communication Ch 2 - Positioning the legal profession Ch 3 - Professional communication, self-regulation & freedom of speech Part 2 - Beyond Law Ch 4 - Ethics and Professional Communication Ch 5 - Privacy: an ethical and legal conundrum Part 3 - Sourcing and information gathering Ch 6 - Right To information and professional communication in Australia Ch 7 - Open justice v censorship; a delicate balance Part 4 - Publication and dissemination Ch 8 - Censorship, contempt & anti-terror laws: a more delicate balance Ch 9 - Communication and reputation: new challenges for defamation Ch 10 - Freedom of expression revisited: the defences to defamation Part 5 - Protecting communication business Ch 11 - Intellectual property: a new paradigm? Ch 12 - The new role for contracts Part 6 - Conclusion Ch 13 - Future issues for regulating professional communicators
