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.
Creating a code of ethics makes decision-making easier at all levels of an organization by reducing ambiguity and considerations of individual perspectives in ethical standards. Purpose A code of ethics guides all managerial decisions, creating a common framework upon which all decisions are founded. This can help to create a cohesive understanding of the boundaries within an organization and the standards set for interacting with external stakeholders.