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The region of Hampton Roads may be defined most broadly as being all of South Hampton Roads
and the Virginia Peninsula, the tip of the Middle Peninsula, and the corner of northeastern
North Carolina. Specifically, it includes the Southeastern Virginia cities of Chesapeake,
Franklin, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, and
Williamsburg, counties of Gloucester, Isle of Wight, James City, Mathews, Surry, Southampton,
and York, and town of Smithfield, in addition to North Carolina's Currituck County.

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Ethics and Hampton Roads

Hampton Roads Businesses'/Organizations' Codes of Ethics

General Resources for Business Ethics

Resources for Creating a Code of Ethics

Some Codes of Ethics of American Businesses

Ethical Codes, by Industry/Association

Hampton Roads Businesses'/Organizations' Codes of Ethics

very business in Hampton Roads would do well to have a code of ethics or some other form of promise/pledge to one's customers or statement of mission/vision for the company. Such a code not only gives reassurance to customers but also serves

to remind owners/employees of the company's highest principles, purposes, and goals.

The Hampton Roads Times is therefore encouraging the use of such codes. And as of January 1, 2012, we're initiating a new section that will feature the codes of ethics of Hampton Roads businesses and organizations. (For instance, the Hampton Roads Better Business Bureau carries "BBB Standards for Trust" on its website.) The graphic above can be used on any website of a company/organization whose code we feature [here's how].

Below are resources for learning more about business ethics generally and creating a code of ethics, as well as examples of ethical codes of American businesses and access to codes of associations of industries and organizations.

General Resources for Business Ethics

inks to a host of complete online articles on business ethics, accounting ethics, human resources ethics, intellectual property, insider trading, international business ethics, sales and marketing ethics, and more are in Marylhurst University's Business Resources Guide here.

arter McNamara offers insight into business ethics in his online Complete Guide to Ethics Management: Ethics Toolkit for Managers, accessed here (allow time for full document to load):

What is Business Ethics?

10 Myths About Business Ethics

10 Benefits of Managing Ethics in the Workplace

One Description of a Highly Ethical Organization

Ethics Management Programs: An Overview

8 Guidelines for Managing Ethics in the Workplace

6 Key Roles and Responsibilities in Ethics Management

Ethics Tools: Codes of Ethics

Ethics Tools: Codes of Conduct

Ethics Tools: Policies and Procedures

Ethics Tools: Resolving Ethical Dilemmas (with Real-to-Life Examples)

Ethics Tools: Training

Bibliography of Practical Resources

Resources for Creating a Code of Ethics

hris MacDonald offers guidance for writing a code of ethics at EthicsWeb.

n his article, Codes of Ethics: Who Needs Them?, Eric Matthews explains the rationale for the declaration that the author designed for medical graduates of the University of Aberdeen.

he Institute of Business Ethics has these online resources for business codes of ethics:

Developing a Code - 8 steps

Content - what are the issues for your organization

Implementing a Code - 12 steps

Making codes effective and useful - understanding good and bad practice

Rules for small and medium size businesses

he Illinois Institute of Technology's Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions has these excellent online resources:

Authoring a Code: Observations on Process and Organization (by Andrew Olson)

(Writing a Company's Code of Ethics (by W. Michael Hoffman; scroll down to p.[9])

Writing a Code of Ethics (by Michael Davis)

Some Codes of Ethics of American Businesses

e present here links to a few companies' codes on their respective websites or collected at the Illinois Institute of Technology website.

A&M Professional Cleaning Services

Buckman Laboratories

Caterpillar Tractor Co.
-- Code of Business Ethics

Deere & Company

Dow Corning Corporation
-- A Code of Business Conduct (1984)

Eastern Inspection and Management Services

Eaton Corporation
-- Ethical Business Conduct
-- Purchasing Policy

International Business Machines (IBM)
-- Code of Ethics (1995)

Johnson & Johnson: Our Credo (in 8 languages)

Mercy Hospital and Medical center
-- Guideline for Application of CPR in patients with Terminal illness
-- Guidelines for Removal of Life Support Systems from a Patient Who has Suffered Total Brain death

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
  -- Supply Manual
  -- Business Conduct Policy
  -- Statement of conflicts of interest policy

ServiceMaster Mission, Vision and Values

Texas Instruments

Wedding Passport

Ethical Codes, by Industry/Association

onservativeWords.com is an excellent source for literally 100s of codes of ethics for every imaginable sort of association of businesses. The following are links to those codes of ethics:

Animal breeding and care/wildlife associations' codes

Business associations' codes - Advertising/Marketing/Public Relations

Business associations' codes - General

Business associations' codes - Management

Business associations' codes - Sales and Selling

Communications associations' codes

Computing/Libraries/Information Systems associations' codes

Death / Funeral / Insurance associations' codes

Earth Association codes (e.g., Agriculture, Food, Environment, Meteorology, Ecology, Geography, etc.)

Engineering/Construction/Industrial associations' codes

Ethics consultants/seminars/books

Finance associations' codes

Fraternal/Social/Charitable associations' codes

Health/Medical associations' codes - Dental/Oral Health

Health/Medical associations' codes - General

Health/Medical associations' codes - Mental Health/Counseling/Social Work

Health/Medical associations' codes - Other Specialties

Health/Medical associations' codes - Pharmaceuticals

Health/Medical associations' codes - Rehab/Physical Therapy

History associations' codes

Hobbyists/collectors associations' codes

Neighborhoods / Homes (community codes, pledges, etc.)

Real Estate / Urban Planning associations' codes

Religion associations' codes

Schools - College/University honor codes

Schools - Education/Academia associations' codes

Schools - High School honor codes

Schools - K-12 (pledges, contracts, etc.)

Schools - Specific Departments/Programs' codes

Science associations' codes

Sports and Athletics associations' codes

Travel and Transportation associations' codes

Writing Corporate Codes of Ethics

In addition, within its Honest Creativity blogs, ConservativeWords has codes for art businesses, movie business, music business, photography business, and writing businesses. And within its Honest Government blogs are codes of ethics of associations for lawyers, judges, police, military, government employees, etc.

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