Potter Box -Decision Making Model

SITUATION

Two ten-year-olds go to trial for kidnapping and brutally murdering two-year-old Jason Bugler

VALUES

British Television: honor the court restrictions against reporting juvenile names

U.S. Newspaper: do not suppress public information

PRINCIPLE

British Television: other-regarding care

U.S. Newspaper: truthtelling is categorical imperative

LOYALTIES

British Television: to juvenile defendants and their families

U.S. Newspaper: to general readership

JUDGMENT

British Television: withhold broadcasting


source
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U.S. Newspaper: publish names and details