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MCF 87 050-23
Exam1: Communication Law and Ethics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Service Values Obeying Rules Duty Conformity Loyalty Traditional Social Values | Military Culture |
| Act as the Fourth Estate Progressive Social Values Nonconformist Individualistic Lack Internal Rules | Media Culture |
| The study of standards of conduct and moral judgment; the system or code of morals of a particular person, religion, group, profession, etc. | Professional Ethics |
| Professional Ethics: What we strive to do? | Maintain and preserve high ethical standards is imperative to preserve the public trust and transparency, and to maintain the credibility of the DoD. |
| Avoiding conflicts of interest | Bribery and Graft. Compensation from other Sources. Additional Pay or Allowance. Commercial Dealings Involving DoD Employees |
| Giving, offering, promising, demanding, seeking, receiving, accepting or agreeing to receive anything of value to influence any official act. | Bribery and Graft |
| Joint Ethics Regulation (gifts) | Value $20 or less Discounts avail to ALL DoD & Military. Food and drink of a nominal value. Speakers allowed by statute may provide travel expenses, with approval. |
| Harming of one’s reputation, usually by telling lies. The two types are “slander” and “libel.” | Defamation |
| Spoken defamation Normally is difficult to spread because it is limited to those who are in the immediate vicinity of the person making the defamatory remarks. | Slander |
| Written defamation that is published or broadcasted | Libel |
| Libel is generally considered to be a more serious form of defamation than slander because it is... | Intentional (usually passes through the editorial process) Widespread through publication or broadcast Permanent (radio, TV and newspapers are archived) |
| gives sole reproduction authority To the creator whenever an idea is fixed in any tangible medium of expression (Circular, 92, p. 8). | Copyright |
| Are you able to copyright work created as part of your official duties? | NO! It belongs to the government, not to you. |
| Copyright limits. Works created on or AFTER January 1, 1978: | Life of the author plus 70 years |
| Copyright limits. Works created PRIOR to January 1, 1978: | 95 years from publication date |
| Copyright limits. Works created after 1923 and still protected in 1998 | Protected until 2019 |
| Copyright limits. Anonymous work, pseudonymous work or a work made for hire | 95 years from first publication, or a term of 120 years from the year of creation (whichever expires first) |
| To pass off as one’s own... The work or ideas of another. | Plagiarism |
| Is plagiarism theft? | Yes. It damages credibility & usually violates copyright laws. |
| How do you avoid plagiarism? | Attribute the work of others to avoid plagiarism problems. |
| Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act | HIPAA |
| specifies the purposes for which health information may or may not be released without patient authorization. | HIPAA |
| casualty information on ill or injured military members & DOD civilians may not be released without the individual’s consent, unless otherwise authorized under the Privacy Act. | DODI 1300.18 |
| DOD instruction covering Privacy act | DoD5400.11-R (2007) |
| What information such as PII that can be used to identify an individual? | social security number age rank or grade race demographics |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| Protects the American people from the govt unnecessarily withholding info from them (DOD 5400.7-R, 1998). | Freedom of Information Act |
| requires that any federal agency’s electronic & info technology is accessible to people with disabilities. | Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended in 1998) |
| Who can help you understand local libel and slander defamation laws? | JAG |
| What provision of the copyright act allows for limited use of copyrighted material for educational purposes? | Fair use |
| info on ill/injured military members & DoD civilians may not be released without the individual’s consent. | HIPAA |
| any PII that can be used to identify an individual, such as a SSN, age, rank or grade, race, demographics, etc., cannot be released to the public. | The Privacy Act |
| requests should be addressed with a spirit of release, not withheld. | FOIA |
| What do you need to pass? | 70% or higher! |
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