Ethics in Practice: EU Publications

The EESC detailed an code of conduct based on prior examples set by the United Nations and the OECD. The written principles reflect the desired behavior of the organization's employees, ranging from how to treat fellow coworkers to outside business-related interactions.

This book provides a conceptual background and practical guidance for ethical decision making. It reflects the growing awareness and commitment of the EU institutions in addressing the ethical dimension of administrative life. It explores the continuum, from the ethical motive of the founding fathers of the European integration to the values underpinning the functioning of the EU today, that constitutes the ethical framework in which the civil servants operate and from which they draw guidance for their daily decisive action.

This Statement provides important perspectives on the role of values in Europe and the global community and proposes a proactive involvement of ethics in governance. It throws light on the connections between ethics and fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law, concluding with a recommendation for the EU to maximise opportunities for public participation in policy making.

This Joint Research Centre chart lists a code of conduct for employees to adhere to in the context of their organization and mission.

The European Data Protection Supervisor, through this innovative, entertaining and easy-to-assimilate publication, makes an introduction to digital ethics. A useful read for users, consumers, business administrators and everyone who wants to have an entertaining briefing about this topic.

Technological advancement, most centrally big data processing and the interconnectedness of digital devices, allow for the collection and usage of personal data in increasingly complex and opaque ways, thus posing significant threats to privacy and data protection.

Digital Ethics deals with the impact of digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on our societies and the environment at large. Importantly, it is not only about hardware and software, but it also concerns systems, how people and organizations and society and technology interact. In addition, with Digital Ethics comes the added variable of assessing the ethical
implications of artefacts which may not yet exist, or artefacts which may have impacts we cannot predict.