Proportion of UK journalists who agree with each ethical statement

Male journalists are more likely to support the idea that ethics is a matter of personal judgement. Female journalists are more likely to agree that ethics should be determined by professional standards.

gender. What is your gender? ethic1_A/D. The following statements describe different responses journalists may have to ethical problems. For each of them, please tell me how strongly you agree or disagree. Base: Female = 509, Male = 503.
Source: 'UK journalists in the 2020s: Who they are, how they work, and what they think', published in April 2025.

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