Ethics

IABC/Toronto Professional Ethics

Practising communicators are responsible for acting ethically and morally. To guide communicators, IABC developed its Code of Ethics for Professional Communicators.

The code is based on three different, yet interrelated principles of skilled communications – that apply throughout the world – whereby the communication functions that are undertaken are legal, ethical and in good taste.

For real-life examples of ethics in business communication, read a series of articles that have appeared in IABC/Toronto’s Communicator newsletter.

1. Are you up for the challenge?
2. It’s not just a code, it’s a culture
3. What would you have done?
4. Between a rock and a hard place

Ethics Quick Poll Results Are In!

Many IABC/Toronto members believe that ethics have an impact on their role as a professional communicator. In fact, 46.3% of respondents of IABC/Toronto’s quick poll believe that ethics are "very important" or "important" to their role.

We will continue to regularly seek your opinion on a variety of communications-related questions and topics of interest. Watch for these Quick Polls on the IABC/Toronto home page, and be sure to share your opinion. If you have a suggestion for a Quick Poll question, send it to toronto-memcomm@iabc.com.