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'''Ethical codes''' are specialized and specific codes of [[ethics]].
Such codes may be adopted by or on behalf of [[profession]]s (e.g., [[physician|doctors]], [[lawyer]]s, [[engineer]]s, [[stonemason]]s) and [[organization]]s (e.g., [[club]]s, [[political party|political parties]], and [[religion|religious bodies]]) to guide the behavior of members, interactions among members, and interactions between members and the general public.
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Some critics maintain that '''codes of ethics''' or professional responsibility actually assist professionals and organizations to be unethical. Compliance with a pre-existing code of ethics has been used as a defense for both professionals and organizations from charges arising from their questionable behavior. For example, is a lawyer defending someone who the lawyer knows is guilty ethical? Would it be ethical for the lawyer to argue that a different identified person committed the crime if that would improve the chances that the guilty client be acquitted? Is it ethical for a doctor to prescribe a drug that has not been approved for use if the doctor sincerely believes it would benefit the patient?
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* ''[http://www.acm.org/constitution/code.html ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct]'' from the [[Association for Computing Machinery]].
* ''[http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/ Code of Ethics]'' of the [[National Association of Social Workers]], [[USA]].
* ''[http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/statementspols/codeofethics/codeethics.htm Code of Ethics]'' of the [[American Library Association]].
* ''[http://www.spj.org/ethics_code.asp Code of Ethics]'' of the [[Society of Professional Journalists]].
* ''[www.abanet.org/cpr/ethics/mcpr.pdf Model Code of Professional Responsibility]]'' of the [[American Bar Association]].
* ''[http://www.abanet.org/cpr/links.html Links to Bar Associations' codes]'' maintained by the American Bar Association.
[[Category:Ethics]]
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