抄録
NHK's Broadcasting Standard and that of the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters are getting out of date. The ethical standards are not those of the individual journalists but of the industry. Their thrust is to guard the status quo rather than to achieve ethical goals. The broadcasting program commissions of each station haven't been very effective because they have functioned de facto in the arms of the companies. The commissions that oversee the entire industry were created at the suggestion of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications when something unethical occurred. The broadcasters in the workplace do not attend much to either the standards or the commissions ; rather, they employ common sense if they are experienced, or, if not, have no resource to deal with ethical issues. Broadcasters should insure that their ethical standards are more practical further, they should be accountable to citizens and their criticism.
