Professional ethics codes

General / public employees

• OECD's Principles for Managing Ethics in the Public Service gives a common frame of reference
• United Nations' Draft International Code of Conduct for Public Officials contains more resolute guidelines
• The UN has also issued a convention against corruption
• See also the Council of Europe's suggested "Recommendation (2000) 10 on codes of conducts for public officials" which includes a "model code"
• International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees have, in their Code of ethics, discussed difficulties that arise when professionals are hired by corporate bodies that are active in many countries, with various standards and ethical sensibilities
• From the United Nations we have Norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with regard to human rights
• The Council of Europe's 20 guiding principles for the fight against corruption, and their Criminal Law Convention and Civil Law Convention on Corruption
• Lima Declaration against Corruption (8th International Conference Against Corruption 1997)
• OECD Guidelines on Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
• Applied Ethics Case of the Month Club: Recommended Core Ethical Values
• In the Toronto resolution a framework is given for working out professional codes of ethics

Agrologists

• A Guideline to the Ethical Responsibilities of Agrologists (US)
• Statement of Ethics (American Society of Agronomy)

Anthropologists

• Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association, AAA
• Principles of Professional Responsibility (AAA)
• Handbook on Ethical Issues in Anthropology (AAA)

Archaeologists

• World Archaeological Congress - First Code of Ethics

Bioethicists

• Draft Model Code of Ethics for Bioethics (Canada)
• Draft Model Aggregated Code of Ethics for Bioethicists (Robert Baker 2005)

Biotechnologists

• The IASB Code of Conduct for Best Practices in Gene Synthesis (International Association of Synthetic Biology)
• Code of Conduct on Biotechnology as it relates to Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (FAO)
• Europabio's Core ethical values

Botanists

• Society for Economic Botany Guidelines of Professional Ethics

Chemists

• The Chemical Professional's Code of Conduct (American Chemical Society)

Conservators - Restorers

• Code of Ethics (the European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations)
• AIC Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice (US)

Dentists

• Council of European Dentists: Code of Ethics for Dentists in the European Union
• FDI - World Dental Federation: International Principles Of Ethics For The Dental Profession
• International Association for Dental Research: Code of Ethics

Doctors

• The Oath of Hippocrates
• Medical Ethics Manual (World Medical Association)
• World Medical Association (WMA):
• Tokyo declaration
• Hamburg Declaration
• Geneve Declaration
• Declaration on Professional Autonomy and Self-Regulation
• Statement on Patient Advocacy and Confidentiality
• Professional Responsibility for Standards of Medical Care
• Declaration on Physician Independence and Professional Freedom
• WHO, UN: Principles of Medical Ethics (on the protection of persons subjected to detention)
• Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter (Project of the ABIM Foundation, ACP–ASIM Foundation, and European Federation of Internal Medicine)
• Declaration on the Autonomy of Medical Specialist Practice (European Union of Medical Specialists)
• Code of Ethics (Endocrine Society)

Emergency Physicians

• Code of Ethics for Emergency Physicians (US)

Engineers

• Hippocratic Oath for Scientists, Engineers, and Executives
• IEEE Code of Ethics (The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
• ASME International: Code of Ethics of Engineers
• The Model Code of Ethics from World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO)
• Earth Charter
• The Order of The Engineer
• Code of Ethics (The International Federation of Consulting Engineers)

Environmental professionals

• SETAC Code of Ethics (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry)
• Ethics Guidelines for Environmental Epidemiologists (The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology)
• Guidelines for Good Epidemiology Practices for Occupational and Environmental Epidemiologic Research

Ergonomists

• Code of Conduct from The Ergonomics Society

Forestry

• ISA Code of Ethics

Genetic counselors

• Code of Ethics by The National Society of Genetic Counselors, US

Gynecologists / Obstetricians

• Guidelines produced by The FIGO Committee

Historians

• Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct (American Historical Association)
• Oral History Evaluation Guidelines (Oral History Association)

Information technology

• ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
• BCS Code of Conduct & Code of Good Practice
• Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice
• The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics
• Standards, Guidelines and Procedures issued by the Standards Board of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association

Journalists

• Code of Ethics (Society of Professional Journalists)
• A Statement of Principles for Health Care Journalists
• Constitution (World Federation of Science Journalists)

Judiciary

• Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers (UN)
• Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (UN)
• The Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct

Librarians, etc.

• Code of ethics for members of European Association for Health Information and Libraries

Mathematicians

• Ethical Guidelines by the American Mathematical Society

Medical laboratory technologists

• International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science: IFBLS Code of Ethics

Midwives

• International Code of Ethics For Midwives
• Ethical conduct in international research in midwifery (International Confederation of Midwives)

Museum profession

• Code of Ethics for Museums (The International Council of Museums - ICOM)
• Declarations and Statements (The International Council of Museums - ICOM)
• UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects

Nuclear Energy

• Charter of Ethics (World Nuclear Association)

Nuclear Medicine Technologists

• Code of Ethics
• Advanced Performance and Responsibility Guidelines (European Association of Nuclear Medicine)

Nurses

• ICN Code pf Ethics for Nurses (International Council of Nurses)
• Position statements from International Council of Nurses
• Nightingale Pledge
• Ethical guidelines for nursing research in the Nordic Countries (Northern Nurses' Federation)
• Code of Ethics for Emergency Nurses (Emergency Nurses Association)
• Medical Ethics Manual (World Medical Association)

Occupational Therapists

• Code of Ethics (WFOT)

Operational researchers

• The Oath of Prometheus

Pharmacists

• Code of Ethics from the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists
• Code of Ethics from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), including Good Pharmacy Practice (WHO)
• Policy documents from FIP
• Articles on profesional ethics, available on PharmacoEthics.com

Physicists

• Guidelines for Professional Conduct (American Physical Society)
• APS Statements (American Physical Society)

Physiotherapists

• Ethical Principles (World Confederation for Physical Therapy)

Psychologists, etc.

• Hawaii declaration by WPA 1977 (1983)
• Madrid declaration by WPA 1996
• Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code Of Conduct (APA)
• Ethical Guidelines from the European Association for Psychotherapy
• Yrkesetiska principer (professional ethics guidelines) for psychologists in the Nordic countries (The Swedish Psychological Association)
• Code of ethics (European Federation of Psychologists' Associations)
• Code of Ethics (The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology)

Research administrators

• SRA International Code of Ethics

Social workers, sociologists, etc.

• Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles (International Federation of Social Workers)
• Code of Ethics (The International Sociological Association)
• American Sociological Association Code of Ethics
• Code of Ethics (The U.S. National Association of Social Workers - NASW)
• Standards for integrating Genetics into Social Work Practice (The U.S. National Association of Social Workers - NASW)

Statistical practitioners

• Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice (US)
• Declaration on Professional Ethics (International Statistical Institute)

Toxicologists

• Code of Ethics

Universities / Lecturers

• The Magna Charta of University
• European Commission: Communication - The role of the universities in the Europe of knowledge
• Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (UNESCO)
• Recommendation (2000)8 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the research mission of universities
• The Association of University Leaders for a Sustainable Future (ULSF): The Talloires Declaration of a commitment to environmental sustainability in higher education
• Graz Declaration on The Role of Universities - to 2010 and Beyond (European University Association)

Last updated: 2010-01-04