Social Audits as Media Watchdogging

Jaehnig, Walter B.; Onyebadi, Uche

doi:10.1080/08900523.2011.525194

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“…Considering the social audit process, I expected The Guardian to attribute more blame to the institutions’ structural inefficiencies and failed treatments and The NYT to ascribe less responsibility to systemic issues and counterintuitive treatments (RQs 1-2). The Guardian 's social audit function is considered a credible response to criticism against the ambiguity of social responsibility of media companies (Jaehnig and Onyebadi, 2011). However, there is a dearth of studies explicitly exploring differences between media with rigorous social audit with news outlets that do not have a clearly laid-out function like this.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Sticking to the status quo with a twist: Western media representations of fiscal negotiations during the Greek economic crisis

Boukouvidis

2022

International Communication Gazette

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In a volatile global economic system, the need for comprehensive media portrayal of economic crises intensifies. Crises expose the deficiencies of existing financial systems and present opportunities for structural change, but media coverage consistently promotes hegemonic structures. During the Great Recession of 2008, media narratives of Greek and foreign newspapers represented Greece's debt crisis as a national problem rather than a systemic problem. This study examines newspaper coverage of the Greek economic crisis in the summer of 2015 to explore whether the lack of comprehensive coverage persisted in the aftermath of the Great Recession. A qualitative content analysis of legacy newspapers suggests the press has become more rigorous in interpreting the underlying mechanisms of a crisis instead of solely covering episodic events, but with a caveat: most analysis comes from editorials. The findings indicate that financial systems are portrayed as unmalleable institutions.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Sticking to the status quo with a twist: Western media representations of fiscal negotiations during the Greek economic crisis

Boukouvidis

2022

International Communication Gazette

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“…Though the notion of corporate responsibility is significantly newer than media ethics and journalism ethics (Gulyás, 2011;Jaehnig & Onyebadi, 2011), media ethics and journalism ethics can be viewed as parts of the sector-based traits that characterise corporate responsibility in the media sector (cf. Bachmann & Ingenhoff, 2017).…”

Section: Corporate Responsibilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In addition, Hou and Reber (2011), Ingenhoff and Koelling (2012), Jaehnig and Onyebadi (2011) and Wilenius and Malmelin ( 2009) have delineated different attributes that they include in the corporate responsibility of the media sector, including, for example, stewardship, media diversity, and operational transparency.…”

Section: Corporate Responsibilitymentioning

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Separation or integration of journalistic and business responsibilities? Corporate responsibility in Finnish media companies

Olkkonen

2018

Journal of Media Business Studies

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Not only do media organisations serve a societal role, they also influence societies through their behaviour as businesses. Therefore, the full range of the responsibilities of media organisations extends to include issues of both journalism ethics and business ethics. This article examines sector-based corporate responsibility as a way to integrate journalistic and business responsibilities. Empirically, the article examines how journalistic and business responsibilities unfold in large Finnish media companies. The analysis shows that 'dual thinkers' narrow corporate responsibility only to environmental issues and, consequently, fail to address large areas of social responsibility, whereas 'integrative forerunners' make meaningful connections between journalistic and business responsibilities. For media managers, the article offers insights into how sector-based corporate responsibility can weave industry-specific responsibilities into general corporate responsibility issues.

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“…Jaehnig and Onyebadi (2011) pointed out that while most studies on ethics focus on individual actors, it is important for organisations to also look into organisational performance. This entails the need to audit company operations so as to be able to evaluate company practices and consequently to be able to account to stakeholders.…”

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Embedding the ethos of codes of ethics into corporate South Africa: current status

Mpinganjira

Roberts-Lombard

Wood

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Purpose This study aims to examine and describe ways that organisations in corporate South Africa try to embed ethos of corporate codes of ethics in their organisations. Design/methodology/approach The study followed a quantitative research approach. The target population was the top 500 companies operating in the corporate sector by revenue. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from 222 company secretaries and heads/managers responsible for ethics in the companies. Findings The findings show that the majority of companies have regulations that can help promote ethics ethos. The most prevalent artefact in the area of regulation was found to be conduct of ethical audits. Training was found to be the most prevalent artefact under staff support. Research limitations/implications The study was limited to large organisations in South Africa. The findings can thus not be generalised to include small- and medium- sized businesses which make up the largest segment of all businesses in South Africa. Practical implications The research provides information that can be used to compare companies operating in different contexts on practices that help promote corporate ethics quality. It provides business managers with information that they can use to evaluate and benchmark their companies on practices that help promote the ethos of corporate codes of ethics. Originality/value The study is the first of its kind to examine how organisations go about institutionalising codes of ethics in South Africa. The findings can be used by all sectors of South African business as a point of reference in their efforts aimed at embedding the ethos of ethics in their respective organisations.

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Social Audits as Media Watchdogging

Cited by 7 publications

References 1 publication

Sticking to the status quo with a twist: Western media representations of fiscal negotiations during the Greek economic crisis

Sticking to the status quo with a twist: Western media representations of fiscal negotiations during the Greek economic crisis

Separation or integration of journalistic and business responsibilities? Corporate responsibility in Finnish media companies

Embedding the ethos of codes of ethics into corporate South Africa: current status

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