Most professions have a code of ethics which provides guidance regarding the scope of practice and the boundaries for practicing within a profession. The code is enforceable as well as aspirational.

The AICPA’s Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) is updating guidance for firms navigating private-equity investments and alternative practice structures. Find out more in this JofA article.

A code of ethics issued by a business is a particular kind of policy statement. A properly framed code is, in effect, a form of legislation within the company binding on its employees, with specific ...

An initial step in creating a code of ethics, or in any ethical practice endeavor by an organization, is to identify and define a set of values that represent the ethical ideals, mission, and vision ...

Imagine you are the director of finance for a manufacturing company based in New York. Your company’s major customer stops by one morning and drops off two tickets to Friday night’s Rangers game in ...

“Ethics” has become an increasingly urgent topic of discussion in the technology industry, from AI ethics to the ethics of robotics, virtual reality, and the ethics of our digital media culture. But ...

According to Gallup polls, nursing has ranked as the most honest and ethical profession 22 years in the running. Nursing has been highly regarded since Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern ...

Ethics is a core competency that many employers seek in existing employees and in new hires. Core competencies are not tangible skills such as having a sophisticated level of computer literacy or ...

Robert Merkel has received funding from the Australian Research Council. Oliver Burmeister is the Chair of the Committee on Computer Ethics of the Australian Computer Society (ACS). He is currently a ...