Section 2. The freedom and responsibility of journalists

2.1.1. Journalists are obliged to respect human rights. They must not incite hatred or propagate racial discrimination against peoples, nations or ethnicities. They must not spread libel about anyone, or attempt to defame anyone because of his/her religion, beliefs, gender, physical or mental state, age or difference in way of living.

2.1.2. It is an ethical duty of journalists to preserve the beauty and clarity of the Hungarian language, as well as the mother tongues of ethnic minorities living in Hungary. Journalists must not use improper or gross words or expressions in an unsubstantiated way. It is their duty to act against linguistic or stylistic sloppiness. (Этот пункт – второй по важности в разделе, посвящённом свободе и ответственности журналистов)

2.1.3. An ethical offence might be committed through improper behaviour in the course of practising journalism as a profession, or through the publication of a piece of work (belonging to any of the genres of journalism), such as written or spoken text or picture, in print press, in the electronic or online media. If a breach of the Ethical Code is suspected, both the norms of the Code and professional requirements related to the behaviour of the journalist or to the publication of the piece of work in question are to be considered in judging the case.

2.1.4. It is impossible to commit an ethical offence with a piece of text, picture or illustration which is prepared for publication but which is not in fact published. (However, under the circumstances described in Section 7.1., unpublished journalistic products may be instrumental to committing an ethical offence through unethical behaviour.) (Интересная норма)

2.1.5. Practising the freedom of press shall not breach public morals. The scope and contents of the notion "public morals" is to be interpreted by the acting council of the Ethical Committee; it is using this interpretation that the council might establish the breach of public morals, or the absence thereof. Given that the notion "public morals" can only be understood in relation to an actual, specific situation, in case doubt arises in the course of ethical proceedings, the acting council should refer to the assessment of the Ethical Committee as a guideline.

2.2. Journalists have the right to obtain and publish information and to criticize. Journalists also have the right to opinion and conviction, and to the expression thereof. Journalists must not be forced to create works that are against their opinion or conviction.

2.3. Employers, editors or owners of media organs must not curb journalists' rights to opinion, conviction and publication.

Owners of media organs and editors commit an ethical offence if, in the production of the journalistic product, they prioritize its commodity features to the detriment of the principles of the freedom of press or to the public interest.

The notion of "informational competition" does not justify publishing unconfirmed or false information, or publishing pieces of information concerning a person's private life, independent of his/her public role, and thereby encroaching on his/her personal rights.

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