Code of conduct
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A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the social norms and rules and responsibilities of, or proper practices for, an individual, party or organization. Related concepts include ethical, honor, moral codes and religious laws.
In its 2007 International Good Practice Guidance, "Defining and Developing an Effective Code of Conduct for Organizations", the International Federation of Accountants[1] provided the following working definition:
- "Principles, values, standards, or rules of behaviour that guide the decisions, procedures and systems of an organization in a way that (a) contributes to the welfare of its key stakeholders, and (b) respects the rights of all constituents affected by its operations."
A common code of conduct is written for employees of a company, which protects the business and informs the employees of the company's expectations. It is ideal for even the smallest of companies to form a document containing important information on expectations for employees. The document does not need to be complex or have elaborate policies, but the file needs a simple basis of what the company expects from each employee.
- Coca Cola Code of Conduct[2]
- Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief
- Code of the United States Fighting Force
- Declaration of Geneva
- Declaration of Helsinki
- Eight Precepts
- Ethic of reciprocity (Golden Rule)
- Five Pillars of Islam
- Geneva convention
- Hippocratic Oath
- ICC Cricket Code of Conduct
- International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC or Hague Code of Conduct)
- Israel Defense Forces - Code of Conduct
- Journalist's Creed
- Moral Code of the Builder of Communism
- Patimokkha
- People In Aid Code of Good Practice
- Pirate code of the Brethren
- Psychiatrists' Ethics - Madrid Declaration on Ethical Standards for Psychiatric Practice[3]
- Psychologists' Code of Conduct[4][5]
- Rule of St. Benedict
- Silver Rule
- Software Engineers Code of Conduct[6]
- SRA Code of Conduct 2011[7] (for solicitors in the UK)[8]
- Ten Commandments
- Ten Indian commandments
- Ten Precepts (Taoism)
- Uniform Code of Military Justice
- Vienna Convention[9]
- Warrior code
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- ↑ http://www.ifac.org
- ↑ http://assets.coca-colacompany.com/45/59/f85d53a84ec597f74c754003450c/COBC_English.pdf
- ↑ http://wpanet.org/detail.php?section_id=5&content_id=48
- ↑ http://www.efpa.eu/ethics
- ↑ http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx
- ↑ http://www.djangoproject.com/conduct/
- ↑ http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/handbook/Code/content.page
- ↑ http://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/handbook/code/content.page
- ↑ Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
