Ethics Policy

Capital Chronicle is wholly committed to our journalism's highest standards of ethics, integrity, and professionalism. Our daily work takes place under this Ethics Policy designed to guide our editorial team in the acute and delicate decisions that shape our information product daily. It should be practical guidance for our contributors and other team members when making decisions, specifically on journalistic matters. In addition, we intend this Ethics Policy to enhance and explain the process that guides our choices and helps us maintain your trust and confidence. Here is our Ethics Policy:

Accuracy and Truthfulness:

We strive to give our readers the best information available honestly and transparently. The facts and quotes in our articles have been checked and scrutinized.

We aim to correct them immediately and openly, to the best of our ability, so our readers get the most reliable information we can provide.

Independence and Impartiality:

Capital Chronicle is an ad-free and independent entity, beholden neither to advertisers, sponsors, or political lobbies. Our journalism is answerable only to journalistic standards and the public.

Conflict of Interest:

We strive to avoid biting the hand that feeds us financially or the appearance of doing so, regardless of the provocation.

Writers and contributors must reveal any personal, financial, or professional relationships that could interfere with their reporting, and tensions are resolved by recusal when necessary.

Transparency and Accountability:

Transparency is critical to good ethical journalism. All sponsored content, native advertising, or paid partnerships are disclosed to our readers.

Capital Chronicle is accountable to our audience. We want to be responsive and transparent and encourage our readers to help us spot errors through comments and criticisms. If you have concerns about our coverage, email us at contact@capitalchronicle.org. We take your concerns seriously and will review and address quotes and attributions as quickly as possible.

Respect for Privacy and Dignity:

We respect the privacy, dignity, and rights of those we feature in our reporting, shying away from sensationalism, harassment, or invasion of privacy.

We ask people for written consent before publishing material identifying them or affecting their reputation or distress.

Diversity and Inclusivity:

We strive to accurately reflect the full range of voices within our news coverage by promoting tolerance for different points of view and refraining from stereotyping or intolerance towards race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, and other characteristics. Capital Chronicle is working to accurately reflect the full range of voices within our coverage of news, analysis, opinion, letters, and other content.

We actively pursue variety and pluralism of authors and points of view so that our accounts are not a mirror image of society but its true reflection.

Professional Conduct:

Our journalists and contributors are independently-minded professionals striving to report the facts of the most vital clinical research and medical news as accurately and as quickly as publishable.

We do not engage in unethical behavior, such as knowingly plagiarising, fabricating information or images, manipulating images or audio, or otherwise engaging in fraudulent reporting practices.

Sticking to these principles in the context of our Ethics Policy, Capital Chronicle will continue to strive to achieve the highest ethical standards of journalism and to fulfill the public interest.

[Date of Last Revision: [March 1, 2024]]