Code of honor

A code of honor is generally a set of rules or ideals or a mode or way of behaving regarding honor that is socially, institutionally, culturally, and/or individually or personally imposed, reinforced, followed, and/or respected by certain individuals, often concerning (generally subjective) ethical or moral considerations and frequently found in certain honor cultures or within the context of cultures, societies, or situations that place importance on honor.

It may refer to:

• The academic honor code
• modes of thinking or conduct acceptable within an honor culture and/or concerning honor
• a certain code of conduct involving honor
• various specific honor-based codes, such as omertà, chivalry, various codes of silence, the code duello, the Bushido code, the Southern United States culture of honor, the Bedouin honor code, the Kanun, the mos maiorum, the Barbagian Code, Pashtunwali, the pirate code, and others
• the Cadet Honor Code and Honor Concept in the United States military
• an honor system
• an ethical code

Entertainment and literature

"Code of honor" is the name of several works of entertainment and literature, including:

• "Code of Honor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)", a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
• Code of Honor (film), a 2016 film
• Code of Honour, a Malaysian-Singaporean television drama series
• Code of Honor (novel), a 2019 Tom Clancy novel

Other uses

• Code of Honor (horse), an American Thoroughbred horse