Ethical Issues in International Communication

A collection of essays from scholars around the globe examining the ethical issues and problems associated with some of the major areas within contemporary international communication: journalism, PR, marketing communication, and political rhetoric.

Alexander G. Nikolaev is Associate Professor of Communication in the Department of Culture and Communication at Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. He co-edited Leading to the 2003 Iraq War: The Global Media Debate (Palgrave USA, 2006) and is the author of International Negotiations: Theory, Practice and the Connection with Domestic Politics.

Introduction: The Essence of the Debate; A.G.Nikolaev
PART I: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE
Cultural Diversity and Moral Relativism in Communication Ethics; C.G.Christians
What Does It Mean to Be Moral?A Cross-Cultural and Cross-Religious Analysis of Morality among Muslims and Christians in Britain and France; S.M.Croucher
PART II: THE ETHICS OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL RHETORIC
The Rhetoric of Democracy; G.Elfstrom
'America Will Call Evil by its Name': Evil as a Theologically and Morally Loaded Notion in American Foreign Policy Discourse; A.Kasafi Perkins
PART III: ETHICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM
Saving or Drowning? The Paradox of Attempting Ethics in International News and Communication; I.R.Hammady
Identities, Ethics, and International Communication in the French Context; É.Le
The Dilemmas of War and Peace Reporting; R.L.Keeble
PART IV: INTERNATIONAL PR AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATION
Ethics, Cultures, and Global Social Marketing Health Campaigns; T.L.Rentner& L.Lengel
An Ethical-Theory-Based Analysis of the Social Responsibilities of Three Global Corporations — ExxonMobil, Shell, and Pfizer; C.B.Pratt& W.Adamolekun
Cultural and Historical Aspects of Media Transparency in Russia; K.Tsetsura
Visual Ethics in Public Relations: An Analysis of Latin American Government Web sites; M.A.Johnson& E.M.Searson
PART V: IS EDUCATION THE ANSWER?
The Invisible Dimension of International Communication: Is It Possible to Teach Others 'the Right Ethical Standards'?; S.Sablina& B.Struminskaya
Instead Of a Conclusion: Is Education The Answer? or What May All This Mean?; A.G.Nikolaev
Index