Particular focus will be put on conflict sensitive reporting, election coverage, harmonization of media regulation, and professional standards and codes of ethics that may enable media professionals report freely and safely.
In short, under the false flag of better governance, the activists are working hard to impose standards and codes that would make it impossible for American business and individuals to support any but the most politically correct causes.
The agenda covered the old chestnuts of the debate about the international financial architecture: how to involve the private sector in financial crises, the importance of international standards and codes of good practice, and the need for greater transparency.
Working through grantees, it has had significant impact on promoting adoption of state and federal vehicle efficiency standards, more stringent residential and commercial building codes to reduce energy consumption, and development of renewable energy technology.
The Conference also agreed that media organisations and professional journalists should establish Codes of Conduct to set and maintain standards for newsroom practice as these would reduce the risk of publication of potentially defamatory material.
Keynote briefings by specialists to improve compliance for the vulnerable majority will be followed by development of a 2011-15 strategic action plan, setting objectives for mapping codes, standards resources and compliance activity with ways of addressing gaps.
To rank all 50 states, the group focused on a variety of programs, including standards for equipment and appliances, energy codes for buildings and policies for land use and transportation, as well as public spending on initiatives at utilities, tailpipe standards and tax incentives.
But for how long can nearly 500, 000 people who are gradually replacing whole swaths of journalists survive with no worker protections, no enforced ethics codes, limited standards, and, for most , no formal training?
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The teaching profession is encouraged to design and implement teacher codes of conduct, based on the highest ethical and professional standards, and to be oriented around the goal of teaching all students effectively and equally.
At most of our modern campuses, we've replaced leadership with codes, judgment with zero tolerance, and standards of right and wrong with Who Am I To Judge and then we are shocked, shocked when scandal erupts.
In the Saint Paul case, landlords argue the city stepped up enforcement of its housing codes, beyond the standards for federally subsidized housing, and that raised costs and lowered the availability of low-income housing.
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They set standards of conduct for journalists, provide guidance on existing codes of ethics and may suggest revisions to them.
Earlier this year, my organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, published a study that looked at 409 colleges and found that 62% maintain codes that violate First Amendment standards.
When Dr Hooke asked the International Standards Organisation committee that assigns country codes about establishing codes for the moon and Mars, he was told that he would need to provide a letter from the relevant sovereign representative.
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Such codes at other schools, for instance, set standards for honesty and require students to sign completed work, attesting that they followed those standards.
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Codes of conduct, which set out the standards a multinational expects of its factories and contractors, have evolved from vague promises into detailed rules.
To be sure, all fire codes must be vigorously enforced, and club and concert hall operators must be held to the highest standards.
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