Credit: NSF's North Pole Environmental Observatory. These images have attracted media attention, such as this AtlanticWire post and this Daily Mail story, both of which portray the images as potential signs of an intensifying Arctic meltdown.
The first code. If you think APA's new Ethics Code is a lot to swallow, imagine being a psychologist in 1953, the first year the association published an ethics code: a 5.5 by 8.5-inch tome that was more than 170 pages long, compared with this year's slim 16-page document.
A code of conduct is necessary for members of an organization or group to understand the standards they will be expected to uphold when interacting with each other and others outside the organization. A code of ethics promotes a good social and professional culture by demonstrating how people are expected to act. The process of assessing the behavior of employees becomes more objective when a code of conduct is used as a reference point. An organization's code of conduct applies to both casual and permanent employees.