Abstract
Abstract Codes of ethics for professional journalism associations and individual news organizations typically include conflicts of interest among their ethical prohibitions. For all their attention to this ethical problem, however, these codes do not offer an analysis of the concept. It seems to be assumed that we all know what conflicts of interest are, the circumstances in which they are likely to arise, and the values that are at stake. This is a concern because signs of potential conflicts of interests may go unnoticed by journalists who, as a consequence, may find themselves involved in undesirable, but possibly avoidable, conflicts of interest. As we shall see, the consequences to the public interest and to the profession’s credibility in such cases can be substantial.
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