Code and Ethics

noun

• A set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones.
  • synonyms: codification
• A coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy.
• Computer science. ( the symbolic arrangement of data or instructions in a computer program or the set of such instructions)
  • synonyms: computer code

verb

• Attach a code to.
  • usage: "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
• Convert ordinary language into code.
  • usage: "We should encode the message for security reasons"
  • synonyms: encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code

• (n.) A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.
• (n.) Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals.

noun

• The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group.
  • usage: "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values"
  • synonyms: ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation
• A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct.
  • synonyms: ethic, ethical code
• Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong.
  • synonyms: ethical motive, morals, morality
• The philosophical study of moral values and rules.
  • synonyms: moral philosophy

(n.) The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.

ethics is the system of moral principles and rules that become standards for conduct.