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.
Code of Ethics. A code of ethics is a document, usually issued by a board of directors, that outlines a set of principles that affect decision-making. For example, a code of ethics might stipulate that XYZ Corporation is committed to environmental protection and green initiatives.odes of ethics and conduct have proliferated in part because of increasing public concern about the way companies do business. Codes of ethics, which govern decision-making, and codes of conduct, which govern actions, represent two of the most common ways that companies self-regulate.