code of ethics

[kohd-uhv e-thiks]

noun

1. a set of guidelines, rules, or moral standards for behavior within a profession or workplace.

Example Sentences

The union, Starbucks Workers United, contends in the complaint that Starbucks’ treatment of U.S. workers looking to unionize and bargain a contract — as well as allegations of forced labor abroad — conflict with the Olympic Games’ code of ethics.

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And Prof Asa Kasher of Tel Aviv University, who was the lead author of the IDF's first code of ethics, told us the number of non-combatants killed "seems too high to be taken to result from reasonable proportionality considerations".

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No federal precedent, and nothing in her oath of office, exempts her from the code of ethics, federal pleading rules, or the rule of law all attorneys swear to uphold.

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The members of the association were summoned and all but one doctor - who abstained - voted that Le Scouarnec had not violated the medical code of ethics.

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All but one doctor - who abstained - voted that Le Scouarnec had not violated the medical code of ethics, which states that doctors "must in all circumstances be trustworthy and act with integrity and devotion to duty".

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