Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?

Press freedom in Malaysia is bound under several regulations and restrictions since 1957 when Malaysia was granted independence. A few media and press laws were also inadvertently inherited from the draconian colonial law or introduced in controlling any extremist actions during emergency periods. T...

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Main Authors: Faiz, Azizul, Diyana, Kamarudin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2021
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description Press freedom in Malaysia is bound under several regulations and restrictions since 1957 when Malaysia was granted independence. A few media and press laws were also inadvertently inherited from the draconian colonial law or introduced in controlling any extremist actions during emergency periods. They were also used to silence any political rivals. Based on the report compiled by Reporters without Borders (RSF), Malaysia jumped 22 places from 123 to 101 in the World Press Freedom Index in 2020, higher than all of our South East Asian neighbouring countries. The success of Malaysia’s freedom of movement was triggered by the reformation of a few media institutions, laws and practices throughout the year. The enhancement of Malaysian press freedom assisted in the development of the country and led the nation to become more progressive and transparent alongside other developing nations worldwide. This qualitative case study analysed ethical issues concerning business ethics through semi-structured interviews with staffs of the media organization as well as from newspaper articles analysis. The case recorded was then categorized into four different setups. The cases were looked at through different facets discussing in detail pertaining to ethical principles and motivation behind the reasonings and actions.
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spelling ump-329752022-02-10T06:34:02Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/ Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth? Faiz, Azizul Diyana, Kamarudin H Social Sciences (General) Press freedom in Malaysia is bound under several regulations and restrictions since 1957 when Malaysia was granted independence. A few media and press laws were also inadvertently inherited from the draconian colonial law or introduced in controlling any extremist actions during emergency periods. They were also used to silence any political rivals. Based on the report compiled by Reporters without Borders (RSF), Malaysia jumped 22 places from 123 to 101 in the World Press Freedom Index in 2020, higher than all of our South East Asian neighbouring countries. The success of Malaysia’s freedom of movement was triggered by the reformation of a few media institutions, laws and practices throughout the year. The enhancement of Malaysian press freedom assisted in the development of the country and led the nation to become more progressive and transparent alongside other developing nations worldwide. This qualitative case study analysed ethical issues concerning business ethics through semi-structured interviews with staffs of the media organization as well as from newspaper articles analysis. The case recorded was then categorized into four different setups. The cases were looked at through different facets discussing in detail pertaining to ethical principles and motivation behind the reasonings and actions. Penerbit Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2021-03 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/1/JGI%20Diyana%20Faiz%20.pdf.pdf Faiz, Azizul and Diyana, Kamarudin (2021) Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth? Journal of Governance & Integrity, 4 (2). pp. 125-134. ISSN 2600-7479. (Published) https://doi.org/10.15282/jgi.4.2.2021.5865 https://doi.org/10.15282/jgi.4.2.2021.5865
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Faiz, Azizul
Diyana, Kamarudin
Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_full Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_fullStr Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_full_unstemmed Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_short Business ethics on press freedom: A culture of omitting the truth?
title_sort business ethics on press freedom: a culture of omitting the truth?
topic H Social Sciences (General)
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/32975/1/JGI%20Diyana%20Faiz%20.pdf.pdf