Bioethics

Nova Scotia

• QE II Health Sciences Centre Patient Rights
• Registered Nurses Association of N. S. Professional Conduct Policies

Note: Many provincial organizations use the code of ethics of their parent national organizations.
Canada

• Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists Code of Ethics
• Canadian Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics
• Canadian Dental Hygienists Association (PDF)
• Canadian Medical Association Code of Ethics (PDF)
• Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics
• Canadian Physiotherapy Association Code of Ethics and Rules of Conduct
• Canadian Psychiatric Association The 1996 CMA Code of Ethics Annotated for Psychiatrists

United States

• American Dental Association Principles of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct
• American Hospital Association Patient's Bill of Rights
• American Medical Association Principles of Medical Ethics, June 2001
• American Medical Association Ethics Manual
• American Nurses Association
• American Pharmaceutical Association Code of Ethics
• American Psychological Association Ethics Codes
• Codes of Ethics Online (A collection of 850 codes of ethics for the U.S.)

Great Britain

• British Medical Association (Publishes many statements on ethical issues)

International

• Amnesty International (Professional ethics and human rights)
• HON Code of Conduct for medical and health websites
• International Council of Nurses (Position statements)
• World Medical Association Ethics Manual
• World Psychiatric Association Declaration Of Madrid (1996)
   

If you haven't found what you are looking for above, try the following listings:

• IIT Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions Codes of Ethics Online Project
• Online Ethics Centre for Engineering and Science at Case Western Reserve University

If this fails to be fruitful, try a Google search for the organization. Many professional organizations and societies put their "codes of ethics" or "codes of professional conduct" on their websites. Note that many organizations express their values not as formal codes of ethics but as "mission, values, and vision" statements.

Resources to aid in preparing a code of ethics:

• Creating a code of ethics for your organization (by Chris MacDonald, PhD., Philosophy Dept., Saint Mary's University.)
• The Toronto Resolution (TTR) Useful principles for writing a code of ethics.