She called for universities to update their codes of practice on visiting speakers and make sure they also applied to student unions.
It promotes self-regulation by the media, and the development of ethical codes of practice as well as awareness raising about issues of media accountability among the public.
"We've had 40 years of codes of practice, we've had 40 years of labelling children, we've had 40 years of building up service upon service upon service, " she said.
Other questions focused on ensuring private health insurance companies abide by industry codes of practice, membership of the European Defence Agency, and effects of spending cuts on public health.
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"The government cannot tell universities and other higher education institutions who they can and cannot invite, but universities do have to follow very strict codes of practice, " she added.
Mr Obasanjo must start to refashion not just the institutions of the state but the codes of practice and patterns of behaviour among the people at large that make civilised life possible.
In recent weeks two competing working groups, one in Warsaw, the other in Gdansk, have put the finishing touches to draft codes of best practice.
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The agenda covered the old chestnuts of the debate about the international financial architecture: how to involve the private sector in financial crises, the importance of international standards and codes of good practice, and the need for greater transparency.
It might seem churlish to single out Barclays for this criticism, especially since I know that virtually all the other major banking institutions involved in money-laundering, LIBOR manipulation and all the other unethical and illegal activity over the past five years, have similar codes or principles of best practice in place and claim to link them to remuneration.
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The Conference also agreed that media organisations and professional journalists should establish Codes of Conduct to set and maintain standards for newsroom practice as these would reduce the risk of publication of potentially defamatory material.
Many mainstream media like the English language newspapers The Nation (English translation unavailable) and The Bangkok Post have journalistic codes of ethics on place, but there still remains a gap between theory and practice that needs to addressed.
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