Problem: You work with Kent Brockman at Channel 6 News. There have been allegations that Judge Constance Harm has been molesting children. You learn on Friday afternoon that Judge Harm is going to appear in Court before Judge Roy Schneider on Monday. You are planning to attend to cover the story. On Saturday you get a call from Judge Harm saying she will give you an exclusive interview, but you have to promise not to run the story until Monday evening. You agree and go over to do the interview. Judge Harm gives you a four hour interview where she describes all the children she molested. At the end of the interview, she tells you she can't live with pain she caused or the shame of a public trial, so she is going to kill herself after church on Sunday.
What ethics codes do you consult? Is that all you consult? What do you do?