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A conceptual analysis of ethics codes

Year: 1985

Type: article

Abstract: Codes necessarily state standards of professional practice, but the term “standards”; is itself ambiguous. “Standards of professional practice”; can mean anything from minimal expectations for all practitioners to the perceived ideal for which practitioners should strive. Carefully articulated codes of ethics should recognize the differences between minimal standards and standard‐as‐ideal They should also articulate group norms—largely unstated expectations of how all people within the group should or do perform. The process of producing a code of ethics is intellectually healthy because it constitutes critical analysis of the profession by its practitioners.

Source: Journal of Mass Media Ethics

DOI: 10.1080/08900528509358251

Author: Deni Elliott‐Boyle

Institution: Utah State University

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Business and Education

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2024401809

FWCI: 1.009

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Cited by: 33

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