Code of ethics

Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice, American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, Washington, D.C., 1985. 

One way to make the importance of this clear is by including a business ethics provision in the tolling contract. The CMA Responsible Care initiative can be called out in such a provision and applied to both parties in the contract if they have both subscribed to its code of ethics. This is discussed further in Chapter 3, Mutual Agreements, Obligations and Contract Considerations. 

Although there is no substitute for individual action based on a firm philosophical and ethical foundation, designers have developed guidelines for professional conduct based on the experience of many of them who have had to wrestle with troublesome ethical questions and situations previously. These guidelines can be found in the published codes of ethics for designers and engineers of a number of industry and technical societies such as the Industrial Designer societies. 

Dr. Nixon, a former industrial chemist, headed the American Chemical Society and, more recently, has been chairman of the Committee of Scientific Society Presidents. In that capacity, he has sought to encourage scientific societies to establish codes of ethics for corporate scientists, to investigate any cases of potentially harmful research brought to their attention by members. 

Pugwash Symposium on Science and Ethics, International Code of Ethics for Scientists, Jan. 8-10, 1976. 

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has issued guidance in relation to the acceptance of gifts and inducements to prescribe or supply. The Society states that pharmacists accepting items such as gift vouchers, bonus points, discount holidays, sports equipment etc would be in breach of the Society s Code of Ethics and advises pharmacists not to participate in such offers. 

Methods of sale of medicines through pharmacies are also covered by the Code of Ethics of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain Code of Ethics ... 

To better understand this mixture, we should start by understanding the notion of a professional, consider a number of engineering codes of ethics, examine the notion of a conflict of interest, and think about whisfleblowing and its consequences. 

The tug-of-war between professionalism and public service on the one hand and serving the interests of large-scale business interests has shaped the social history of engineering in important ways (Layton, 1990), and it is likely to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. As one examines different codes of ethics, we will see different emphases depending on whether a particular professional society is weighted toward a business or a professional model of engineering practice. 

Engineering is a divided profession, and different codes of ethics govern different engineers. Here we compare two very different codes of ethics ... 

Compare and contrast the IEEE and NSPE codes of ethics in a short essay. In what ways are the two codes similar and in what ways are they different. Consider the nature of the two organizations and hypothesize as to the nature of the differences. 

Almost all codes of ethics warn against conflict of interest, but there is a substantial amount of confusion over what constitutes a conflict of interest, and many codes, interestingly enough, do not define them directly. For example item 2 of the IEEE code has the following to say ... 

Look up the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) code of ethics at www.acm.org. Compare and contrast the ACM code with that of the IEEE in a short essay. 

Consider a company in the news because of ethical missteps. Investigate whether that company has a code of ethics, and determine which elements of the company s code were violated in the mishap. 

Consider a company you admire that also has a code of ethics. In a short essay discuss the code of ethics and the ways in which it reflects or does not reflect what you know about the company. 

Scientific organizations sometimes have codes of ethics. Look up the code of ethics of a scientific organization and compare and contrast that code to the NSPE code of ethics in the text. 

Some items in engineering codes of ethics have less to do with ethical matters and more to do with regulating engineering commerce and trade. Examine the NSPE code of ethics and determine which items are of this nature. In a short paragraph discuss whether you view these as ethical issues or not. 

IEEE (1990). IEEE code of ethics, http //www.ieee.org/portal/pages/about/whatis/code.html Katzenbacii, j. R., Smith, D. K. (2003). The wisdom of teams Creating the high-performance... 

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