Ethical Concerns Hit Oscar Races; New York Times, 2/2/14

Michael Cieply, New York Times; Ethical Concerns Hit Oscar Races:

"Next week, about 6,000 Oscar voters will start casting ballots for their favorite films of 2013 and those who made them. Will they make moral judgments as well as artistic ones with their votes?...

Together, the two controversies are this year’s contribution to an emerging insistence by many who watch the Oscar process, and some who participate in it, that Academy members should take into account moral, ethical and social factors when marking a ballot or enforcing the rules.

Asked to comment on Ms. Farrow’s claims, an Academy spokeswoman wrote in an email, “The Academy honors achievement in film, not the personal lives of filmmakers and artists.”

But Dylan Farrow, through her letter, now insists that accountability, at least as she sees it, be part of the package."