Its objective is to preserve and promote ethical and honest journalists' activities within the framework of human rights, democratic public life and the constitutional state. Cases of legal dispute shall primarily fall within the competence of courts and other legal forums, but they might leave ethical relations as well to which the rules of the Code shall apply. The regulations concerning conduct shall apply to all persons undertaking journalistic or editorial activities. In the course of ethical procedures, the responsibility of the head in charge of the editorial staff shall also be investigated and established.
Journalists have the right to obtain information, to publish, and to criticize.
Journalists must respect the constitutional order of Hungary. They must not violate human rights, incite hate and the infringement of lawful rights against peoples, nations, nationalities, denominations and races, spread libels regarding thereof, and disparage anybody due to his belonging thereto. Journalists shall act with special care in matters concerning human rights, human personality and dignity and the good reputation of private individuals and legal entities. If a journalist presents a phenomenon faithfully, he may not be condemned because he failed to deal with another phenomenon. Journalists also have the right to opinion and conviction, and to the expression thereof.