Code of honor

A code of honor or honor code 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 and/or certain cultures or societies. Codes of honor frequently concern (often subjective) ethical or moral considerations or cultural or individual values and are commonly found in certain honor cultures or within the context of cultures, societies, or situations that place importance on honor.

The term may specifically refer to:

• An 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, izzat, the pirate code, javānmardi, Emi Omo Eso, Futuwwa, 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 (1930 film), a 1930 American western film
• "Code of Honor" (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode
• Code of Honor (2016 film), a 2016 film
• Code of Honour, a Malaysian-Singaporean television drama series
• Code of Honor (novel), a 2019 Tom Clancy novel
• Code of Honor (2015 novel), a 2015 Alan Gratz novel

Other uses

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