7. Professional Codes of Conduct.

People join a relevant professional institution for a number of reasons such as

1. To prove they are a competent professional with recognised qualifications
2. To remain up to date within their field

So it is in the interests of both the institute itself and its members to have a code of conduct in order to support their reputation.

Here are some professional institutes that include a code of conduct

• IET - Institute of Engineering and Technology, used by electrical and electronic engineers as well as computer professionals
• IEEE - the american equivalent of the IET.
• BCS - British Computer Society. Used by computing professionals
• ACM - Association of Computing Machinery. Largest education and computing society in the world.
• The Bar Council for lawyers and solicitors
• British Medical Association
• Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

There are many others.