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Many professional organizations have ethical codes or guidance statements. Examples in allied fields include the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM),⁹ the Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BSCP),¹⁰ and The National Association of Environmental Professionals.¹¹ Codes, since they are typically enforceable, help organizations maintain a high level of respect for their professions. Similar to a certification documenting some level of proven knowledge and experience, a code of ethics provides for a common understanding and minimum expectations. Both are evidence to those outside of the organization, or field, of the members' value and repute.

The first Code of Ethics for Industrial Hygiene was developed in 1968 by the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene (AAIH) Ethics Committee. A combined code of the AAIH, ABIH, and American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) was adopted in 1981. In 1995, in response to a changing and rapidly growing profession, AIHA, ABIH, ACGIH, and AAIH (which merged with AIHA in 2000) issued the Industrial Hygiene Canons of Ethical Conduct (19). The Canons were intended as guidance and went above and beyond what was required by law (20). ABIH released a revised, enforceable, Industrial Hygiene Code of Ethics in 2007.