Editors’ code of practice

2011

(For resources, this is the publication date. For programs, this is the date posted.)

Information

Guidelines/Recommendations
Press Complaints Commission
Press Complaints Commission

See This Resource

http://www.pcc.org.uk/assets/696/Code_of_Practice_2012_A4.pdf

This set of guidelines that is widely used in the UK concerns ethical considerations in reporting.  It includes the following statement, “When reporting suicide, care should be taken to avoid excessive detail about the method used.”