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Psychological Ethics Codes: A Comparison of Twenty-four Countries
Mark M. Leach, J. Judd Harbin
International Journal of Psychology
Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Issue: Volume 32, Number 3/June 1, 1997, Pages: 181 - 192
Codes of ethics from 19 countries, representing 24 countries, were compared to the United States using the American Psychological Association's (APA)
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Canada's code of ethics was most similar to the US/APA code and China's the most dissimilar.
Ten individual standards may be approaching universal agreement, while eight others were unique to the APA ethical code. The relationship of ethical
codes to cultural values, and future research suggestions, are discussed.
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Why Wasn't Enron's Code of Conduct Enough? Why is Auditor Independence Critical for a Free Market?
"The vast majority of businesses and corporations want to do the right thing. What Enron reminds us of is how vulnerable organizations are to ethical landmines," said Ethics Resource Center (ERC) President Stuart C. Gilman, Ph.D.
Why Wasn't Enron's Code of Conduct Enough? Why is Auditor Independence Critical for a Free Market? |
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Complete Guide to Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit for Managers, Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD
Free Management Library, Management Assistance Program for Non-Profits
20 pages. Contains sections on Codes of Ethics and Codes of Conduct.
http://www.mapnp.org/library/ethics/ethxgde.htm |
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Creating a Code of Ethics for Your Organization
First of all, Why Have a Code of Ethics? Some general guidance on writing a code of ethics. Bibliography of articles available in print on the topic of codes of ethics. Take a Code of Ethics Survey.
http://www.ethicsweb.ca/codes/ |
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Why Have a Code?
A code of conduct is intended to be a central guide and reference for users in support of day-to-day decision making. It is meant to clarify an organization's mission, values and principles, linking them with standards of professional conduct. As a reference, it can be used to locate relevant documents, services and other resources related to ethics within the organization.
http://www.ethics.org/whycode.html |
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Common Ethics Code Provisions
The list of provisions in organizational codes is not exhaustive, nor are the category headings definitive. Organizations tend to label and categorized their code provisions in many different ways depending on their unique characteristics, their goals for the code and so forth.
http://www.ethics.org/common_provisions.html |
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Code Construction & Content: Writing Style and Organization
The manner in which the code is written, organized and presented will have an important impact on the degree to which employees will understand the code or refer back to it. Because an organization generally intends its code to be read by employees at different levels of responsibility and in a wide range of functional areas, the code should be written in plain, direct language. The syntax should be uncomplicated.
http://www.ethics.org/code_construction.html |
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Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions: Inventory of Codes of Ethics
In June 1996, our Center received a grant from the National Science Foundation to put our collection of over 850 codes of ethics on the World-Wide Web. We are including our codes of ethics of professional societies, corporations, government, and academic institutions. Earlier versions of codes of ethics of some organizations represented are available so researchers can study the development of codes. A literature review, an introduction to the codes, and a User Guide are included. The production of this site was accomplished in collaboration with IIT's Instructional Multimedia Center. This site has grown out of the CSEP Library's collection of codes that it maintains in a vertical file--please view this inventory of codes of ethics that the Library holds. (You may search this document by using the "Edit/Find (on this page)" feature from your browser taskbar). The Codes of Ethics Online site is continually updated, so check occasionally for additional Codes and please let us know about any gaps or broken links.
Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions: Inventory of Codes of Ethics |
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Complete Guide to Ethics Management: An Ethics Toolkit for Managers
Carter McNamara
A guide to establishing Codes of Conduct; provides examples including one focused on discrimination. Free Management Library, Management Assistance Program for Non-Profits. 20 pages
http://www.mapnp.org/library/ethics/ethxgde.htm |
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Codes of Conduct/Practice/Ethics from Around the World
Mega-site of codes of conduct, codes of practice, and codes of ethics with sections on information processing/computer systems, professional organizations, labor organizations, law enforcement, corporate codes, and educational systems. Includes paper presented to United Nations General Assembly entitled "Progress towards a World-Wide Code of Conduct" by John A. N. Lee and Jacques Berleur. Started as part of an International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) study led by Dr. Jacques Berleur, University of Notre Dame del ls Pais, Belgium.
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Corporate Codes of Conduct
International Labour Organization, Bureau of Workers' Activities, Geneva, Switzerland
Examination of past surveys of organizations worldwide relative to Codes of Conduct, including 1991 Conference Board survey, 1996 KPMG survey, and 1996 International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development survey. Graphical summaries of survey results accompanied by analysis are presented. Issues discussed include code formats, distribution, training, monitoring and enforcement.
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Michigan State Police Code of Ethics
Sample narrative code used by this state law enforcement agency; written in first person. 2 web pages.
http://msp.state.mi.us/lapeer/ethics.html |
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The International Organization Development Code of Ethics
December 1991, 22nd Revision
Ethical guidelines developed through iterative process of review and comment by organization development (OD) practitioner members of professional organizations, associations, and networks in the United States and abroad. Major sections articulate values and responsibilities of OD practitioners and social responsibility. May assist public administrators in understanding role of OD in their agencies. 3 pages.
http://members.aol.com/odinst/ethics.htm |
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ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Adopted by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Council 10/16/92
The Code and its supplemented Guidelines are intended to serve as
a basis for ethical decision making in the conduct of professional
work. Secondarily, they may serve as a basis for judging the merit
of a formal complaint pertaining to violation of professional ethical
standards. The ACM Code consists of 24 imperatives formulated as statements
of personal responsibility. Section
1 outlines fundamental ethical considerations, while Section
2 addresses additional, more specific considerations of professional
conduct. Statements in Section
3 pertain more specifically to individuals who have a leadership
role, whether in the workplace or in a volunteer capacity such as
with organizations like ACM. Principles involving compliance with
this Code are given in Section
4. It should be noted that although computing is not mentioned
in the imperatives of Section
1, the Code is concerned with how these fundamental imperatives
apply to one's conduct as a computing professional. These imperatives
are expressed in a general form to emphasize that ethical principles
which apply to computer ethics are derived from more general ethical
principles.
http://www.acm/org/constitution/code.html |
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Society of Professional Journalists
The SPJ Code of Ethics is voluntarily embraced by thousands of writers, editors and other news professionals. The present version of the code was adopted by the 1996 SPJ National Convention, after months of study and debate among the Society's members. Available in English and foreign translations.
http://www.spj.org/ethics.asp |
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American Association for Public Opinion Research
The goals of the American Association for Public Opinion Research are to support sound and ethical practice in the conduct of public opinion research and in the use of such research for policy and decision-making in the public and private sectors. They also include improving public understanding of opinion research methods and the proper use of opinion research results. The Association's Code of Professional Ethics and Practices is detailed in the website along with discussion of best and "condemned" practices in the public opinion research field.
http://www.aapor.org/ethics/code.html |
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International Statistical Institute
Established in 1885, the International Statistical Institute's objective is the development and improvement of statistical methods and their application throughout the world. The ISI is composed of more than 2,000 individual elected members who are internationally recognised as the definitive leaders in the field of statistics. The ISI publishes a variety of professional books, journals, newsletters and reports representing the cutting edge in the development of contemporary statistical knowledge. In its work, ISI places an emphasis on providing an interface among statisticians in different fields and active in academic, official and private sector statistics. The ISI website contains its Declaration on Professional Ethics for Statisticians which was developed over more than five years to document shared professional values and experience as a means of providing guidance rather than regulation and to promote knowledge and interest in professional ethics among statisticians worldwide.
http://www.cbs.nl/isi/ethics.htm |
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