The New Yorker comments on — and reprints parts of — the new NYT ethics guidelines.
Staff members may not hold public office or wear campaign buttons or attend political rallies. Members of the culture staff who collect objects of art must annually submit a list of their acquisitions to the associate managing editor for news administration. Reporters and editors can't own individual stocks that might pertain to their beats, and editors who determine the placement and display of business and financial news cannot own individual stocks at all (other than New York Times Company stock, of course). The same goes for editors and writers on the editorial page. The stock holdings and political activities of husbands and wives can also create serious conflicts of interest, or, worse, the appearance of them–as Article 2 states, "Our first duty is to make sure the integrity of the Times is not blemished during our stewardship"–but the rules on spouses are vague. (Generally, you get the impression that it would be best not to have one.) There is also this, about free food: "A simple buffet of muffins and coffee at a news conference, for example, is harmless."
(via Gawker)