1. Types of Professional Ethics
 Business ethics
 Journalism ethics
 Medical ethics (Hippocrates)
 Nursing ethics
 Legal
 Accounting (Luca Pacioli)

2. Codes of Ethics
 Defines rules of conduct of involved
persons/organizations/entities related to:
 Relationship
 Transaction/contract
 Secrecy
 Society at large
 Dispute resolution

3. Codes of Ethics
 Codes are written statements based on
 Religion/Ethnic
 Handed down documents
 Segmented 'profession' basis
 Universal codes emerging
 Organizational perception

4. Dean Foods: Codes of Ethics
 Individual responsibilities
 Responsibility to consumers and community
 Responsibility to share holders:
 Antitrust compliance, political contribution,
information disclosure and protection of assets

5. Dean Foods: Codes of Ethics
 Responsibility to each other:

Equal opportunity

Privacy

Harassment

Safety etc
 Reporting violation of code of ethics

6. Dean Foods: Codes of Ethics
 Responsibility to each other:

Equal opportunity

Privacy

Harassment

Safety etc
 Reporting violation of code of ethics