Name :University :Course :Tutor :Date :Introduction Journalism ethics refers to the strict code of conduct that should be followed in journalism profession so as to uphold good conduct and provide an ambient environment for journalists to discharge their duties . In any profession for that matter , there are laid down rules and regulation and gross violation of them can lead to scandals like interference with other people ‘s freedom . Journalism has undergone revolution from the dark era when there was no such things as press freedom especially in the communist countries . Today , journalists can boast of press freedom but some have abused the freedom to the extent of interfering with people ‘s privacy and specially the prominent people in the society (Howard 20 . There was a case in Britain (Mike 1 ) in which two journalists were jailed for gossiping about the royal family (England ) in the media .Clive Goodman and Glen Mulcaire who both worked for a News of World (NoW ) which is a news group owned by Rupert Murdoch were found guilty of hacking into private conversation telephones of prominent personalities in the UK , Canada and Australia . They were exposed after they leaked a story that was published in the media and the contents could only have come from a private conversation since the information was not supposed to go public . This brought out a new question as to how journalist got their news materials . The two admitted to have tapped into the phones of the royal family and listened…