What Is a Code of Ethics? A code of ethics is a set of principles intended to guide professionals in conducting business with honesty and integrity. A code of ethics document may outline the ...

All of morality aims at the same thing but there are several basic ways to get there. If you prefer, each approach is like a different tool—a hammer, a nail, a level. Using the right tool for the ...

Most people agree on some basic ethical principles. For example, most believe lying, stealing and violent behavior are rarely, if ever, excusable. But creating an ethical workplace requires more than ...

Kirk O. Hanson is a senior fellow at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has published a series of essays over the past twenty years on ...

Humanitarians love standardization. In 1997, a group of humanitarians looking to improve the quality of disaster response created the Sphere project, which initiated the Sphere Standards, a set of ...