Gifts, favours, free travel, special treatment or privileges offered by commercial interests can compromise the integrity of journalists and employers. Nothing of value should be accepted or encouraged. Journalists and their employers should conduct their personal lives in a manner that protects them from any conflict of interest, real of apparent. News, whether from public or private sources, should not be published or broadcast without substantiation. It is essential that confidential sources of information be protected.
Plagiarism is dishonest and unacceptable.
News or information which is borrowed for purpose of reproduction must be acknowledged. These are voluntary guidelines. Individual news organisations must decide how and when to implement this code.