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Ethics Codes

Ethics codes can serve several crucial functions impacting on people outside the institution or guiding and changing the behaviour of institution members.

Overview

Author(s): Charles Sampford and Hugh Breakey

Ethics codes for professionals are official, public documents that explicitly set down professionals’ obligations, standards and principles. They can be aspirational documents, listing the values and virtues prized by the profession – or they can have a more regulatory cast, offering specific and detailed guidance on concrete situations faced in professional work.

This title describes the distinct types of ethics codes, the various functions they can fulfil, and the challenges and opportunities they face in doing so.

 

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Resources

PAPER
Hugh Breakey, (2017). Building Ethics Regimes: Capabilities, Obstacles and Supports for Professional Ethical Decision-Making. University of New South Wales Law Journal. Australia.
PAPER
Centre for the Study of Ethics in the Professions. Why Ethics Codes? Ethics Code Collection. Illinois Institute of Technology. United States.
PAPER
Hugh Breakey and Charles Sampford, (2017). Employed Professionals’ Ethical Responsibilities in Public Service and Private Enterprise: Dilemma, Priority And Synthesis. University of New South Wales Law Review. Australia.
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Michael Davis, (1991). Thinking Like an Engineer: The Place of a Code of Ethics in the Practice of a Profession. Philosophy & Public Affairs. Illinois Institute of Technology. United States.
BOOK
Damian Grace and Stephen Cohen, (2013). Business Ethics. Oxford University Press, 5th ed.

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