Phone Hacking Scandal

COMM101 Campbell Burke Student No. 4491002 1) * after(prenominal) the 2005 Royal phone hacking indignation another investigation was launched into phone hacking called operation Weeting. It was announced in January 2011 by the police that a new investigation would be conducted as a result new information. * In April 2011 News International stated that they would recompense out compensation and give an official apology to eight cases that concern phone hacking and the breach of privacy, however they would contest all other petitions. After an uproar over the revealed hacking of Milly Dowlers phone on July 4th 2011 a campaign was launched on social media sites to get advertises to drop the newspaper. During the following eld News of the World would decide to stop organism printed after the July tenth issue. 2) One party affected were the human body of victims of the il effectual phone hacking including celebrities, politicians, right enforcement officials, solicitors, and the ge neral unrestricted. Victims ranged from British soldiers relatives who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and London terrorist attack victims. also a number of employees from the News of the World have been arrested, totaling nine at the present, it had also maked several(prenominal) resignations not just from the newspaper but also from the police. Because of the eventual settlement of News of the World 200 employees have been laid off. The general public have also been impacted as they have lost the religious belief of media corporations due to the substantial unhonorable behaviour of members of a large media corporation. Also another party impacted are business who are conglomerate in media who have gained a bad reputation from just being involved in the same industry as News of the World. 3)I weigh the most difficult sentence to write in the Sorry advertisement is the line, I realise that simply apologising is not enough. He realises that a fair apology leave alone no t solve the problem that drastic measures will have to be taken to resolve the problem and start to fixation the ethical reputation of his businesses. That it will take not only judgment of conviction but will cost a lot to repair the malign like the closure of News of the World and the amounts paid for compensation to the victims and the legal costs. By adding that line he is announcing that he is willing to spend the notes to repair the damage caused by the phone hacking grime. ) When unethical behaviour is notice in a business it is important that it is dealt with as quick as possible not only to minimise the damage it will cause to the reputation of the business but also to stakeholders. For example once the Enron scandal was revealed action should have been taken to protect investors, employees and all stakeholders involved in the business who would suffer from the unethical behaviour of a few people. The speedy you deal with unethical behaviour it demonstrates to the pu blic that you are committed to ethical business, thus gaining the trust of the public.