These guidelines are aspirational and reflect the best practices developed by the Forum on Education Abroad in its role as a Standards Development Organization and adopted voluntarily by its members. Forum members, indeed all institutions and organizations within the field of education abroad, are encouraged to combine the principles of this Code of Ethics with their own codes of ethical practices. They are encouraged also to adopt the more concrete best practices, query-based self-evaluations, and toolbox resources of the Forum's Standards of Good Practice for Education Abroad. In doing so, the field of education abroad will continue to be distinguished by the hallmarks of integrity, idealism, and commitment to the common good. The purpose of the Code of Ethics is to provide a guide for making ethical decisions to ensure that those in the education abroad field provide services in accord with the highest ethical standards, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that students' international educational experiences are as rich and meaningful as possible. The Code of Ethics is not meant to substitute for specific institutional and organizational policies and practices, but rather to inform the development of them. As part of their dedication to the Forum's mission, member institutions should be committed to ongoing reflection and periodic review of the extent to which their own organizations meet and fulfil the ethical principles articulated in this Code of Ethics.