An Assignment submitted to the department of Mass Communication, Bayero University Kano, for continuous assessment

1. NAME: FATIMA MURITALA
REG NUMBER: SMS/12/MAC/00102
COURSE TITTLE: COMMUNICATION LAW ANDETHICS
QUESTION:DEFINETIONSOF MORALITY,LAW, ANDETHICS
MORALITY
From the Latin moralitas “manner character proper behavior’’ is the differentiation of intentions,
decisions, andactions betweenthosethatare distinguishedasproperand improper.Morality isalsothe
recognitionof the distinctionbetween good and evil or between right and wrong, respect for conduct,
the mental disposition or characteristics of behaving in a manner intended to produce morally good
results.Morality includes decencyproperly properness, propriety,improper, and impropriety, redirect.
Morality may also be specifically synonymous with goodness or rightness.it is a set of social rules,
customs, traditions,beliefs,orpractices, which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct, it is also a
guidingprinciple for conduct. Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of
conduct froma particularphilosophy. Religion, or culture or it can be derived from a universal believe.
ETHICS
The study of principlesrelatingtorightorwrong conduct.it isalsothe standardsthat governthe conduct
the conduct of a person, especially a member of a profession. The word ethics is commonly used
interchangeablywithmoralityandsometimesitisusedmore narrowlytomeanthe moral principlesof a
particular tradition, group, or individual, likewise, certain types of ethical theories especially
deontological ethics,sometimes distinguishbetweenethicsandmorals,althoughthe moralityof people
and their ethics sometimes amount to the same thing. Ethics can be applied in some particular field
which includes bioethics, business ethics, relational ethics, machine ethics etc.
LAW
Is a systemof rule that are enforcedthroughsocial institutionstogovernbehavoir.lawscanbe made by
a collective legislatureor by a legislator, resulting, in statutes, or by judges through binding precedent
normally common law jurisdiction.
Law is a binding custom or practice of a community, a rile or mode of conduct or action that is
prescribedorformallyrecognizedasbindingbyasupreme controllingauthorityorismade obligatoryby
a sanction(asanedict,decree,rescript,order, ordinance, statute, resolution, rule, judiciary, decision or
usage) made recognized, or enforced by the controlling authority.
REFERENCE
1. A b Robertson, crimes against humanity
2. See weber, Eric Thomas.2011. Morality, leadership, and public policy(London continuum).