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Code
of Ethics
The
Egyptian Radio and Television Union
It is prohibited to broadcast any program that
1.
..includes negative statements about religions or beliefs.
2.
..creates any disputation among different religious groups.
3.
..criticises the state national system.
4.
..encourages violation of the law.
5.
..criticises national heroism.
6.
..criticises Arab nationalism and its struggle, values,
and national traditions.
7.
..criticises other nationalities.
8.
..criticises officers of the courts, military officers,
or security officers, as well as religious leaders.
9.
..criticises state officials because of their performance.
10.
..disparages any legitimate profession.
11.
..threatens family ties of disparages its sanctity or
condemns family values.
12.
..favours divorce as a means to solve family problems.
13.
..includes obscenity, vulgar, or indecent pictures.
14.
..criticises the ethics of the society or violates the
rules of decency either by sound, picture, or by performance.
15.
..encourages indecency either by sound, picture or performance.
16.
..contains materials that may cause depression or spread
the spirit of defeat among individuals of communities.
17.
It is prohibited to criticise the values that come from
Egyptian traditions.
18.
..creates social confusion or criticises the principles
and traditions of Arab society.
19.
..encourages discrimination on the basis of colour, race,
religion, or social status.
20.
..promotes crime or displays it in such a way that may
cause imitation.
21.
..encourages the use or distribution of illegal substances
or activities prohibited by Islam such as the consumption
of alcoholic beverages or gambling.
22.
..encourages blood revenge.
23.
It is prohibited to broadcast to portray violence to humans
or animals
24.
It is prohibited to broadcast any pictures of horror.
25.
..that may hurt the feeling of the handicapped or the
mentally retarded.
26.
It is prohibited to broadcast any confidential information.
27.
It is prohibited to broadcast any scientific, technical,
professional, or religious advice or commentary unless
it has been reviewed or is broadcast by experts in the
field.
28.
It is prohibited to broadcast what contradicts scientific
facts, such as superstition.
29.
It is prohibited to anyone employed by ERTU to use ERTU
equipment for his/her own benefit or to use it for personal
propaganda. It is also prohibited for anyone employed
by ERTU to permit the broadcast or to broadcast any materials
that may advertise for individuals, artists, the audience,
products, or companies.
30.
...that criticises other broadcast programs.
31.
It is prohibited to anyone employed at the ERTU to broadcast
or to permit the broadcast of any official materials.
It is prohibited to give unearned titles to guests.
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Egyptian
Radio and Television Union (ERTU). The General Communication
Plan 1989-1990, Cairo 1989
Cited
from Final Report, Assessment of the Egyptian Print and
Electronic Media, 1995. pp 171-172
Authors:
Napoli, J.J., Amin, H.Y., Boylan, R.R. Submitted to the
USAID under the requirements of Assessment of the Egyptian
Print and Electronic Media Project
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