Ethical Policy

The Bearcat staff will work to meet the standards set by the National Scholastic Press Association. These canons include a code of ethics concerning accuracy, responsibility, integrity, conflict of interest, impartiality, fair play, freedom of the press, independence, personal privacy, obstruction of justice, credibility and advertising.

The Bearcat staff will not alter the content of news photos through technological or other means. Image enhancements for technical clarity is always permissable. Photo illustrations are acceptable, but should be clearly labelled. Likewise, the staff will not stage or re-create news events for photographs.

The Bearcat staff will not publish images or other work without properly crediting the creators of that work and obtaining reprint/rebroadcast permissions of copyrighted work. Copyright permission for student work is implied in the relationship between the Voice and its client publications.

The Bearcat will not engage in plagiarism in any form.

In the interest of representing a broad range of views, The Bearcat staff will make efforts to avoid having a staff member interviewing his or her friends or classmates whenever possible and instead will seek out a broad range of sources for any story.