Be Active workshop - 23 July: Ethical and legal issues for communicators – keeping ourselves, and the media, honest
IABC invites you to a practical session on ethics and media law with presentations by two New Zealand experts, Dr Elspeth Tilley and Steven Price, plus Peter Northcote on the Electoral Finance Act.
When: Wednesday 23 July 2008, 2.30–5pm (followed by networking drinks 5-6pm)
Where: Department of Internal Affairs boardroom, Level 1, 46 Waring Taylor St
Costs and registration
IABC member: $50 Non-member: $75
To register:
- complete and save the Registration form for Ethics and legal issues workshop
- email to admin@iabcwellington.co.nz
Special deal for voluntary or not-for-profits
As part of our commitment to social responsibility, we are offering up to 10 places at this workshop to people working in communications in voluntary or not-for-profit organisations at half-price - just $25.
If you are interested in attending at the special voluntary sector rate, please complete the registration form, and put “voluntary rate” in the membership number box.
About the speakers
Dr Elspeth Tilley, Lecturer in Communication in the Department of Communication, Journalism & Marketing at Massey University, is the designer of the “ethics pyramid”, a communication ethics prototype that is now used and cited by communication educators around the world.
She has professional experience in communication spanning 13 years, and for the past eight years, has taught public relations and communication in Australia and New Zealand.
Dr Tilley will discuss what ethics means in a practical, day-to-day sense for communication practitioners and show how to use the Ethics Pyramid to combine planning principles with ethics principles to make ethics measurable.
Steven Price, a Wellington barrister specialising in media law, will talk about keeping the media honest. Steven’s the author of “Media Minefield” (a guide to media regulation in New Zealand) and an adjunct lecturer in media law at Victoria University of Wellington.
Drawing on the laws of defamation and privacy, and the decisions of the Broadcasting Standards Authority and the Press Council, Steven will discuss how media law and standards can be utilised to ensure that the media act fairly and accurately – and how to hold them accountable when they don’t.
Peter Northcote, Communications Manager at the Electoral Commission, will speak on the Electoral Finance Act and its implications for communicators.
The Electoral Commission is an independent Crown entity that encourages and conducts public education about electoral matters, and administers aspects of electoral law and process including election advertising, broadcasts, donations, and registration of political parties and third parties.
Further information
If you have any questions, please contact IABC Wellington board member Janice Rodenburg at janice@rodenburg.co.nz or 021 705301.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:10 pm
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