| Erklärung - Déclaration - Dichiarazione - Declaration |
| Declaration and Directives |
| Directives html |
| Text integral |
| Directive 1.1: The search for truth |
| Directive 2.1: Freedom of information |
| Directive 2.2: Multiple viewpoints |
| Directive 2.3: Distinction between information and opinion |
| Directive 2.4: Public function |
| Directive 2.5: Exclusivity contracts |
| Directive 3.1: Treatment of sources |
| Directive 3.2: Press releases |
| Directive 3.3: Archive documents |
| Directive 3.4: Illustrations |
| Directive 3.5: Reconstructions |
| Directive 3.6: Montages |
| Directive 3.7: Surveys |
| Directive 3.8: Right to be heard against grave accusations |
| Directive 4.1: Concealing professional identity |
| Directive 4.2: Covert research |
| Directive 4.3: Payment for information |
| Directive 4.4: Embargoes |
| Directive 4.5: Interviews |
| Directive 4.6: Research |
| Directive 4.7: Plagiarism |
| Directive 5.1: Duty to rectify |
| Directive 5.2: Readers' letters |
| Directive 6.1: Editorial secrecy |
| Directive 6.2: Exceptions to press immunity |
| Directive 7.1: Protection of privacy |
| Directive 7.2: People in distress |
| Directive 7.3: Celebrities |
| Directive 7.4: Children |
| Directive 7.5: Presumption of innocence |
| Directive 7.6: Citing names |
| Directive 7.7: Legal discharge, shelving and acquittal |
| Directive 7.8: Sex offences |
| Directive 7.9: Suicide |
| Directive 7.10: Images of war, conflict and celebrities |
| Directive 8.1: Respect for human dignity |
| Directive 8.2: Prohibition of discrimination |
| Directive 8.3: Protection of victims |
| Directive 8.4: Images of war and conflict |
| Directive 8.5: Images of accidents, catastrophes and crimes |
| Directive 9.1: Independence |
| Directive 10.2: Sponsoring, coupling of editorial reports an advertising |
| Directive 10.3: Lifestyle reports, naming brands and products |
| Directive 10.4: Deceptive stories |
| Directive 10.5: Advertising boycotts |
| Directive a.1: Leaks |
| Directive a.2: Privately-owned companies |
| Reglement - Règlement - Regolamento |
| Stellungnahmen - Prises de position - Prese di posizione |
| Literatur - Littérature - Letteratura |
| Links - Liens - Links |
| Zusammensetzung - Composition - Composizione |
| Neuigkeiten - Nouveautés - Novità |
| Site Map |
Schweizer Presserat - Conseil suisse de la presse - Consiglio svizzera della stampa > Erklärung - Déclaration - Dichiarazione - Declaration > Declaration and Directives > Directives html
Directive 3.1: Treatment of sources
The first act of journalistic diligence consists in confirming the origin of any information and its reliability. In principle, it is in the public interest to cite sources, unless there is an overwhelming case against doing so. Whenever the source of information is the subject of a secrecy agreement, this must be mentioned in as much as it constitutes an element important to the integrity of the information being provided.
|