ABOUT US
In this section you can get detailed information about APA GROUP.
1. Journalist respects freedom of speech and expression, the public's right to know the truth.
2. Journalist should disseminate information based on only fact, should not conceal it or should not falsify the information.
3. From the moment a journalist finds out that he or she is spreading inaccurate or misleading information, he or she must do his or her utmost to correct it.
4. When the source of the information is desired to be confidential, protecting this right is journalist’s professional duty.
5. Journalists should not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, ethnicity, political or social origin, and should make an effort to prevent it.
6. The following is considered as serious professional mistakes for journalists: plagiarism, slander, receiving money for spreading or not spreading biasedly obtained information, intervention to personal life.
7. A journalist should not disseminate the information if he / she knows that the information he / she has received is unfair and biased before it becomes known to the public.
8. Representation on behalf of the institution, speeches in the media are not allowed without the permission of the head of the enterprise.
9. A journalist must respect his colleagues within the collective to which he/she belongs, comply with the rules of conduct, avoid actions that harm the business environment, and observe the norms of subordination.
APA GROUP LLC comprises of several media structures and merger of structural derivatives. The purpose is to create single media structure, to achieve operative, agile, coordinated activity of media agencies included in this structure.
The Group includes Azeri-Press Agency (APA) LLC, Lent.az portal, Vesti.az portal, APASport.az portal, Kulis.az cultural portal and APA TV internet TV.
APA Group’s main activity fields are providing information, advertisement, communication, internet and provider services.
As the first news company in Azerbaijan, the organization has certified its brands and trademarks in the State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patents and obtained relevant patents. The company has quality and management certification of Global Certification Limited agency.
APA-Group LLC’s code of ethics was accepted in 2012.