Collection Description
BF Codes of Ethics
The Codes of Ethics Collection is a thematic collection that aims to build a comprehensive structure of professional codes of ethics. The collection has six main parts: References, About codes of ethics, Codes of ethics by sectors, Codes of ethics by professions, Codes of ethics by geography, Other voluntary ethical regulations.
Classification tree: overview
BF Codes of Ethics Collection
BF1 About codes of ethics
BF100 Why are codes of ethics used?
BF101 What are codes of ethics?
BF102 How are codes of ethics developed and used?
BF103 What limitations do codes of ethics have?
BF104 Beyond codes of ethics - Values
BF105 Law vs. codes of ethics
BF2 Codes of ethics by sectors
BF200 State
BF201 Private sector
BF202 Public services (state or privately funded)
BF203 Civil society
BF204 Multisectorial (coalitions, etc.)
BF3 Codes of ethics by professions
BF300 Primary industry
BF301 Processing, manufacturing and utilities
BF302 Trades, transport and equipment operators
BF303 Sales and services
BF304 Protective services
BF305 Education
BF306 Social sciences
BF307 Legal
BF308 Health
BF309 Natural and applied sciences
BF310 Culture, the arts, recreation, sports
BF311 Religion
BF312 Business, finance and administration
BF313 Management (public and private sector)
BF314 Governance
BF315 Multisectorial
BF4 Codes of ethics by geography
BF400 Africa
BF401 America
BF402 Asia
BF403 Europe
BF404 Oceania
BF5 Other voluntary ethical regulations
BF500 Product certification
BF501 Standardization
BF502 Religious law (canon law, sharia, etc.)
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Whole classification tree
BF Codes of ethics collection
BF1 About codes of ethics
BF100 Why are codes of ethics used?
BF101 What are codes of ethics?
BF102 How are codes of ethics developed and used?
BF102-00 Development, implementation
BF102-01 Verification, evaluation
BF102-02 Violation, arbitration, sanctions
BF102-03 Effectiveness, enhancement
BF103 What limitations do codes of ethics have?
BF104 Beyond codes of ethics - Values
BF105 Law vs. codes of ethics
BF2 Codes of ethics by sectors
BF200 State
BF200-00 International and supranational
BF200-000 United Nations organizations
BF200-001 Supranational organizations (European Union, etc.)
BF200-002 Other (World Bank, etc.)
BF200-01 National
BF200-010 Military
BF200-011 Justice
BF200-012 Police
BF200-013 Political affairs (parliaments, etc.)
BF200-014 Public administration (ministries, etc.)
BF200-015 Public companies
BF200-016 Economy and Finance (SWFs, central banks, etc.)
BF200-017 Other
BF201 Private sector
BF201-00 Multinationals
BF201-000 Primary sector
BF201-001 Secondary sector
BF201-002 Tertiary sector
BF201-01 Large companies (not multinational)
BF201-010 Primary sector
BF201-011 Secondary sector
BF201-012 Tertiary sector
BF201-02 SMEs
BF201-020 Primary sector
BF201-021 Secondary sector
BF201-022 Tertiary sector
BF201-03 Entrepreneurship
BF201-04 Other
BF202 Public services (state or privately funded)
BF202-00 Education
BF202-01 Energy and water supply
BF202-02 Environmental protection
BF202-03 Health care
BF202-04 Information and communication
BF202-05 Public security (excl. military, justice and police)
BF202-06 Social services
BF202-07 Transportation
BF202-08 Other
BF203 Civil society
BF203-00 Advocacy and rights defenders organizations
BF203-01 Cultural organizations (museums, etc.)
BF203-02 Development and humanitarian organizations
BF203-03 Educational organizations
BF203-04 Environmental organizations
BF203-05 Political organizations (political parties, etc.)
BF203-06 Religious organizations (churches, etc.)
BF203-07 Sports organizations (federations, etc.)
BF203-08 Multiple purposes organizations
BF203-09 Employees representation organizations (unions)
BF203-10 Industrial representation organizations (industrial associations, etc.)
BF203-11 Professional representation organizations (professional orders, etc.)
BF203-12 Students representation organizations
BF203-13 Other representation organizations (employers' associations, etc.)
BF203-14 Funding organizations
BF203-15 Standardization organizations
BF203-16 Social entrepreneurship
BF203-17 Other
BF204 Multisectorial (coalitions, etc.)
BF3 Codes of ethics by professions
BF300 Primary industry
BF300-00 Agriculture workers (incl. horticulture, landscaping, etc.)
BF300-01 Animal husbandry and aquaculture workers
BF300-02 Fishery workers, hunters and trappers
BF300-03 Logging and forestry workers
BF300-04 Mining and quarrying workers
BF300-05 Oil and gas extraction workers
BF300-06 Other
BF301 Processing, manufacturing and utilities
BF301-00 Electrical products manufacturing and assembly workers
BF301-01 Electronics manufacturing and assembly workers
BF301-02 Fabric, fur and leather products manufacturing workers
BF301-03 Food and non-alcoholic beverages processing and utilities workers
BF301-04 Forest products processing, pulping, papermaking and coating workers
BF301-05 Furniture and fixtures manufacturing and assembly workers
BF301-06 Glass, concrete, clay and stone forming workers
BF301-07 Mechanical products manufacturing and assembly workers
BF301-08 Mineral and metal processing and manufacturing workers
BF301-09 Motor vehicle assembling and manufacturing workers
BF301-10 Oil, coal, gas and chemical processing and utilities workers
BF301-11 Plastic and rubber products manufacturing and assembly workers
BF301-12 Textile processing and manufacturing workers
BF301-13 Tobacco and alcoholic beverages processing and utilities workers
BF301-14 Water supply, waste and wastewater treatment workers
BF301-15 Other
BF302 Trades, transport and equipment operators
BF302-00 Construction trades
BF302-000 Carpenters and cabinetmakers
BF302-001 Floor covering installers
BF302-002 Glaziers
BF302-003 Insulators
BF302-004 Masonry and plastering workers
BF302-005 Painters and coaters
BF302-006 Plumbers, pipefitters and gas fitters
BF302-007 Roofers and shinglers
BF302-01 Heavy equipment and crane operators
BF302-010 Crane operators
BF302-011 Heavy equipment operators
BF302-02 Mechanics, installers and repairers
BF302-020 Electric appliance services and repairers
BF302-021 Machinery mechanics
BF302-022 Transportation equipment mechanics
BF302-023 Waterworks and gas maintenance workers
BF302-024 Other repairers and servicers
BF302-03 Metal forming, shaping and erecting occupations
BF302-030 Blacksmiths, welders, etc.
BF302-031 Sheet metal workers, boilermakers, etc.
BF302-032 Structural metal and plate work fabricators and fitters
BF302-033 Tool and die makers
BF302-04 Power supply, telecommunication and related occupations
BF302-040 Electricians
BF302-041 Stationary engineers
BF302-042 Telecommunication workers and technicians
BF302-05 Printing and related occupations
BF302-06 Transportation equipment operators
BF302-060 Boat crew and operators
BF302-061 Delivery and courier service drivers
BF302-062 Railway conductor
BF302-063 Railway track maintenance and yard workers
BF302-064 Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
BF302-065 Truck drivers, transit drivers and operators
BF302-07 Other
BF303 Sales and services
BF303-00 Insurance sales specialists
BF303-01 Personal service workers
BF303-010 Astrologers, fortunetellers and related workers
BF303-011 Caretakers, building cleaners, garbage collectors, etc.
BF303-012 Childcare and home support workers
BF303-013 Personal care and related workers
BF303-014 Recreation and sport workers
BF303-015 Restaurant and hotel services workers
BF303-016 Travel and accommodation workers
BF303-02 Real estate sales specialists
BF303-03 Retail and wholesale buyers
BF303-04 Retail sales workers (shop sales workers, cashiers, demonstrators, etc.)
BF303-05 Wholesale trade workers
BF303-06 Other
BF304 Protective services
BF304-00 Custom and border inspectors
BF304-01 Fire-fighters
BF304-02 Military personnel
BF304-03 Police personnel
BF304-04 Prison guards
BF304-05 Security guards
BF304-06 Other
BF305 Education and research
BF305-00 College, university, higher education and research ethics
BF305-01 Continuous education teaching professionals
BF305-02 Early childhood educators and assistants
BF305-03 Elementary school and kindergarten teaching professionals
BF305-04 Secondary education teaching professionals
BF305-05 Special educational needs teachers
BF305-06 Other
BF306 Social sciences
BF306-00 Community and social service workers
BF306-01 Economists
BF306-02 Family, marriage, employment and other related counsellors
BF306-03 Philologists, linguists, translator, interpreters and terminologists
BF306-04 Philosophers, historians, and political scientists
BF306-05 Probation officers
BF306-06 Psychologists
BF306-07 Sociologists, anthropologists and related professionals
BF306-08 Other
BF307 Legal
BF307-00 Bailiffs
BF307-01 Judges
BF307-02 Lawyers (incl. notaries)
BF307-03 Paralegal and related occupations
BF307-04 Other
BF308 Health
BF308-00 Medical doctors
BF308-000 Generalist medical practitioners
BF308-001 Pharmacists
BF308-002 Specialized medical practitioners (incl. dentists)
BF308-01 Nursing and midwifery professionals
BF308-010 Midwifes
BF308-011 Nurses, head nurses and supervisors
BF308-02 Specialized health professionals
BF308-020 Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
BF308-021 Dieticians and nutritionists
BF308-022 Occupational therapists
BF308-023 Optometrists and opticians
BF308-024 Physiotherapists, osteopaths, chiropractors, etc.
BF308-025 Sanitarians
BF308-026 Veterinarians
BF308-027 Other health professionals
BF308-03 Technical and related occupations in health
BF308-030 Ambulance attendants and other paramedical occupations
BF308-031 Occupations in support of health services
BF308-032 Medical technologists and technicians (incl. dental health care)
BF308-04 Faith healers
BF308-05 Traditional medicine practitioners
BF308-06 Other
BF309 Natural and applied sciences
BF309-00 Construction and built environment
BF309-000 Architects and related technicians
BF309-001 Cartographers
BF309-002 Civil engineers
BF309-003 Construction estimators
BF309-004 Industrial designers
BF309-005 Landscape architects, urban and land use planners, etc.
BF309-01 Computer and information systems
BF309-010 Information systems analysts, database analysts and data administrators
BF309-011 Software engineers, programmers, etc.
BF309-012 Web designers and developers
BF309-013 Other IT professionals
BF309-02 Life science
BF309-020 Agronomists
BF309-021 Biochemists
BF309-022 Biologists, botanists and zoologists
BF309-023 Conservation and fishery officers
BF309-024 Environmental toxicologists
BF309-025 Forestry professionals
BF309-026 Landscape and horticulture specialists
BF309-027 Pedologists and soil specialists
BF309-028 Public and environmental health specialists
BF309-03 Mathematics
BF309-030 Mathematicians, statisticians and actuaries
BF309-04 Physical science
BF309-040 Chemists and chemical engineers
BF309-041 Environmental engineers
BF309-042 Geologists, geochemists, geophysicists, geological and geotechnical engineers
BF309-043 Meteorologists, climatologists and hydrologists
BF309-044 Physicists, astrophysicists and astronomers
BF309-05 Transportation
BF309-050 Air pilots, flight engineers and flying instructors
BF309-051 Air, marine and railway traffic controllers
BF309-052 Automotive, traffic and aerospace engineers
BF309-053 Ship deck officers, ship engineers
BF309-06 Other engineers and professionals
BF309-060 Drilling and petroleum engineers
BF309-061 Electrical, electronics and telecommunications engineers
BF309-062 Industrial and manufacturing engineers
BF309-063 Materials and metallurgical engineers
BF309-064 Mechanical engineers
BF309-065 Mining and quarrying engineers
BF309-07 Other
BF310 Culture, the arts, recreation, sports
BF310-00 Artisanal handicraft
BF310-000 Paper or canvas artisans (bookbinders, etc.)
BF310-001 Printing (camera, platemaking, etc. / photographic and film processors, etc.)
BF310-002 Textiles and leather artisans (tailors, dressmakers, furriers, milliners, etc.)
BF310-003 Wood, metal, clay, bone, horn, glass, or stone artisans (jewellers, etc.)
BF310-004 Other artisans (floral designers, etc.)
BF310-01 Graphic arts
BF310-010 Photographers
BF310-011 Printmakers, lithographers, typographers, bookbinders, etc.
BF310-012 Sculptors, painters, graphic designers, illustrators, etc.
BF310-02 Information
BF310-020 Archivists
BF310-021 Conservators and curators
BF310-022 Librarians
BF310-023 Technical occupations in libraries, archives and museums
BF310-03 Performing arts
BF310-030 Clowns, magicians, acrobats and other performers
BF310-031 Composers, conductors and arrangers
BF310-032 Dancers
BF310-033 Directors and choreographers
BF310-034 Film, stage and related actors and directors
BF310-035 Models
BF310-036 Musicians and singers
BF310-04 Technical occupations in art, culture and recreation
BF310-040 Announcers and broadcasters
BF310-041 Broadcasting and the performing arts
BF310-042 Graphic arts technicians and other occupations in motion pictures
BF310-043 Interior designers and decorators
BF310-044 Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers
BF310-05 Sport
BF310-050 Athletes
BF310-051 Coaches, program leaders and instructor in sport and fitness
BF310-052 Sports officials and referees
BF310-06 Writing
BF310-060 Authors (writers, dramatists, playwrights, etc.)
BF310-061 Editors
BF310-062 Journalists
BF310-07 Other
BF311 Religion
BF311-00 Clergy (pastors, priests, imams, shamans, evangelists, etc.)
BF311-01 Religious orders (monks, nuns, hermits, etc.)
BF311-02 Services (deacons, social workers, healers, etc.)
BF311-03 Specialized ministries (chaplains, pastoral care, media, etc.)
BF311-04 Religious leadership and boards
BF311-05 Other
BF312 Business, finance and administration
BF312-00 Administrative occupations
BF312-000 Administrative officers
BF312-001 Executive assistants
BF312-002 Secretaries, recorders and transcriptionists
BF312-003 Other administrative occupations (excl. clerical)
BF312-01 Business, finance and human resources professionals
BF312-010 Accountants
BF312-011 Auditors
BF312-012 Financial and investment analysts
BF312-013 HR specialists
BF312-014 Professional occupations in business services to management
BF312-015 Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers
BF312-016 Other financial officers
BF312-02 Clerks
BF312-020 Clerical supervisors
BF312-021 Customer Services clerks
BF312-022 Office clerks
BF312-03 Finance and insurance administration occupations
BF312-030 Assessors, valuators and appraisers
BF312-031 Bookkeepers
BF312-032 Insurance adjusters and claims examiners
BF312-033 Insurance underwriters
BF312-034 Loan officers
BF312-04 Other
BF313 Management (public and private sector)
BF313-00 Top-level managers
BF313-01 Middle-level managers
BF313-02 Other
BF314 Governance
BF314-00 Public officials
BF314-01 Diplomats
BF314-02 International civil servants
BF314-03 Traditional chiefs and heads of villages
BF314-04 Other
BF315 Multisectorial
BF315-00 Consultants
BF315-01 Inspectors (safety inspection, quality control, etc.)
BF315-02 Researchers
BF315-03 Other
BF4 Codes of ethics by geography
BF400 Africa
BF400-01 Central Africa
BF400-02 Eastern Africa
BF400-03 Northern Africa
BF400-04 Southern Africa
BF400-05 Western Africa
BF401 America
BF401-00 Caribbean
BF401-01 Central America
BF401-02 North America
BF401-03 South America
BF402 Asia
BF402-00 Eastern Asia
BF402-01 Northern Asia (Russia)
BF402-02 South-Central Asia
BF402-03 South-East Asia
BF402-04 Western Asia and Middle East
BF403 Europe
BF403-00 Eastern Europe
BF403-01 Northern Europe
BF403-02 Southern Europe
BF403-03 Western Europe
BF404 Oceania
BF404-00 Australia / New-Zealand
BF404-01 Melanesia
BF404-02 Micronesia
BF404-03 Polynesia
BF5 Other voluntary ethical regulations
BF500 Product certification
BF501 Standardization
BF502 Religious law (canon law, sharia, etc.)