he project would go about carrying out the project.
             An ethical issue at stake in the case of the New Orleans Times-Picayune race relations series was how exactly the newspaper would handle such a sensitive issue without stirring up racial animosity that already existed. Also, in its coverage of racial relations, the project team had to closely investigate the Times-Picayune's own painful history of racial discord; the team had to report fairly the painful truth behind a newspaper they were a part of and was supposed to take pride in.
             Values that are in conflict include accuracy, balance and fairness. The Times-Picayune had to be fair and accurate in reporting about its own past role in perpetuating segregation and white dominance. The project team also had to detach themselves from the newspaper to accurately report on a very sensitive subject, racial relations, in a time when racism was still rampant in the community. The project team also had to balance the series. They tried to keep balance in the series by including different point of views and also printed reader responses with the series.
             An ethical principle that is endangered in the New Orleans Times-Picayune series on racial relations is the newspaper's ability to remain objective in reporting its own history. The newspaper had to fairly and accurately cover its own racist past in order to report fairly on the racial problems that currently existed in the community.
             Stakeholders in the case included the community, the editors and the newspaper's reputation. The newspaper has an obligation to its readers in the community. It has the job of reporting important issues that are prevalent in the community and how the issues affect the community. The newspaper has a duty to report the truth to the community even if the truth is painful.
             The editors of the newspaper were stakeholders in the case because they had to work through stressful, high-ten...