I. Code of Ethics (COE) A code of ethics is a personal or organizational set of codified standards of conduct that guide organizational or business philosophy. For example, the California Law Enforcement Code of Ethics serves as an ethical guide that allows officers to traverse two worlds, namely the world of the workplace of officers adhering to their own precept ethics and the intimate, personal world of the officer, or life at home. house. When personal core beliefs occasionally conflict with work ethics, it is important to resolve the dilemma in a way that maintains the profession's organizational ethical standards without sacrificing individual core principles. Every sworn law enforcement officer in California is sworn to uphold the code of ethics set forth below as mandated by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (also known as CA POST). Ethical standards3-1. Code of Ethics: To ensure that all peace officers are fully aware of their individual responsibilities to maintain their own integrity and that of their agency, every peace officer, during basic training or upon appointment, must be administered the Code of Ethics Law Enforcement, as prescribed by Regulation 1013 (California Commission, 2013). Code of Ethics3-2. As a law enforcement officer, my fundamental duty is to serve humanity; safeguard lives and property; protect the innocent from deception, the weak from oppression or intimidation, and the peaceful from violence or disorder; and to respect the constitutional rights of all men to liberty, equality, and justice (California Commission, 2013). I will keep my private life immaculate as an example to all; maintain a courageous calm in the face of danger, scor...... half of the article...... British medical journal (Clinical Research ed.), 291(6488), 130.Gilmartin, KM (2002). Emotional survival for law enforcement: A guide for officers and their families. Tucson, Arizona: ES Press. Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2006). The legacy of a leader. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Ludwig, D.C., & Longenecker, C.O. (1993). Bathsheba Syndrome: The Ethical Failure of Successful Leaders. Journal of Business Ethics, 12, 4, 265-273.Mullane, S. (2009). Ethics and leadership (White Paper). Johnson A. Edosomwan Leadership Institute, University of Miami School of Business Administration.Romani, P. N. (1998). Ethical business behavior. American Salesman, 43(9), 3.Weaver, G. R., Treviño, L., & Cochran, P. L. (1999). BUSINESS ETHICS PROGRAMS AS CONTROL SYSTEMS: INFLUENCES OF EXECUTIVE COMMITMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. Journal of the Academy of Management, 42(1), 41-57.