Principle

A principle is a basis or fundamental understanding, from which other more detailed conclusions and courses of actions can be worked out.

For example, the first principle of the ACT Ethical Code is integrity.

Not to be confused with principal, which is different.

See also

• ACT Ethical Code
• Arm’s length principle
• Best practice
• Boilerplate
• Code
• Competence
• Compliance
• Contract
• Directive
• Duality principle
• Enforcement
• Equator Principles
• Ethics
• Framework
• Generally accepted accounting principles
• Good practice
• Governance
• Green Bond Principles
• Green Loan Principles
• Guidance
• INSOL Lenders Principles
• Integrated Thinking Principles
• Integrity
• International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
• Law
• Legislation
• Poseidon Principles
• Principles based
• Principles for Financial Benchmarks (IOSCO)
• Principles for Responsible Banking
• Principles for Sustainable Insurance
• Principal
• Red tape
• Regime
• Regulation
• Reporting
• Reputational risk
• Rules
• Separate personality principle
• Social Bond Principles
• Social Loan Principles
• Standards
• Statement of funding principles
• Statement of investment principles
• Supervision
• Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles (SLBP)
• Tax
• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights