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(01) After a long and full inquiry Lord Leveson proposed a model of regulation for the British Press that the public can trust. For the NUJ there is a need to restore faith in quality journalism. (02) NUJ has pressed for an inexpensive, quick and effective arbitration system The for complaints, which includes third-party complainants. We need to see that publications which behave badly are punished appropriately and that their victims have a means of redress. (03) the inquiry discovered, there needs to be a real culture change in newsrooms, so As reporters are not bullied into the excesses that prompted the inquiry in the first place. Lord Leveson’s recommended a whistleblowing hotline and a conscience clause to be put in journalists’ contracts. A conscience clause will give reporters and editors the right to refuse, without fear of being penalised, any assignment or executive order that requires them to act against the journalist’s ethical code of conduct. (04) Publishers and editors must accept that the rights of journalists to be collectively represented by their union will have to form part of the new order, not least because the right to dignity at work can best be protected through union recognition. (05) GFTU will join with the NUJ to make sure that any proposed regulatory The framework is genuinely independent of the government and industry. We will oppose and campaign with the NUJ any move to establish a Press Complaints Commission that does not accept and include the principles of the Leveson report recommendations.
Leveson Inquiry
Resolution 06
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