Codes of Ethics and Ethical Conduct: A View From the Caring Professions

Sarah Banks

Public Money & Management, 1998, vol. 18, issue 1, 27-30

Abstract: A growing number of occupational groups are creating codes of ethics, which prompts the question ‘What is the relationship between codes of ethics and ethical conduct?’ This article examines some of the issues around this question, with reference to examples from nursing, social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. The variability of the form, content and functions of the different codes is examined in order to shed light on the extent to which codes of ethics enhance or inhibit ethical conduct. It is argued that codes can perform a useful function in encouraging ethical reflection and debate, provided they are not treated as ‘tablets of stone’ or rigid rulebooks prescribing the minutiæ of professional practice.

Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00101

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