Dirty Laundry

Paper instructions:
Read and view the module content and the two assigned articles:

Franklin, J. (1991). Using deceit to get the truth: When there’s just no other way. FineLine: The Newsletter on Journalism Ethics, 3(9), pp. 1, 8. Retrieved from http://journalism.indiana.edu/resources/ethics/getting-the-story/using-deceit-to-get-the-truth/
Mazotte, N. (2011, July 22). How far should you go to cover a story? Interview with ethicist Caio Tulio Costa. Retrieved from http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/how-far-should-you-go-cover-story-interview-ethicist-caio-tulio-costa

Note: The articles are available through Franklin’s Library journal database and students are responsible for retrieving them.
Apply the concepts of responsibility and the utility principle to “Using Deceit to Get the Truth: When There’s Just No Other Way” (Franklin, 1991).

Write 1-2 paragraphs on how those ideas can be applied in this situation (using the article to support your answer ).
Is this story in keeping with the journalistic code? Why or why not?

Apply the course concepts of the Situational and Utilitarian perspectives to “How far should you go to cover a story?” (Mozotte, 2011).

Write 1-2 paragraphs on how those perspectives can be applied in this situation using the article to support your answer.
Is this story in keeping with the journalistic code? Why or why not?

Lastly, consider if the Society for Professional Journalists code should be changed. Why or why not?