Bloggers' Codes of Ethics

Here are several codes of ethics and policy statements for bloggers. (Related topics: See also Journalism associations' codes and Newspapers' codes categories.)

• proposed Code of Blogging Ethics (including various revisions as well as comments from others)
• Bloggers' Code of Ethics (CyberJournalist.net modification of Society of Professional Journalists code)



• code of ethics of EthicaLeft blog (modification of Society of Professional Journalists code)
• The Metropolis Times blog code of ethics (based on CyberJournalist.net, above)
• Code of ethics (Desirable Roasted Coffee blog, by Allen Jenkins)
• Code of ethics for blogging (Conservative Progress, based on the Desirable Roasted Coffee blog code, above)
• Plaxo Public Internet Communication Policy (Plaxo)
• Thomas Nelson blogging guidelines
• Feedster corporate blogging policy
• website and weblog guidelines (attributed to John Robb, "former CEO of one of the blogging companies," in Electronic Recruiting News, July, 2003)
• Yahoo! blog guidelines
• MSN blogging policy
• sample Corporate blogging policy and sample Blogger code of ethics (from Forrester Best Practice report by Charlene Li)
• terms of use, Weblogs at Harvard University (cited in Charlene Li blog, above)
• Sarasota Herald Tribune Blogging Policy (cited in Charlen Li blog, above)
• Sun Microsystems Policy on Public Discourse
• The Corporate Weblog Manifesto (Scobleizer blog, cited in Charlene Li blog, above)
• Disclosure Statement (JOHO, Journal of Hyperlinked Organization, cited in Charlene Li blog, above)
• IBM blogging policy and guidelines