Petrocheilou, MariaA code of ethics regulates the conduct of a group of people with specific professional, scientific or educational characteristics, with respect to their appointment in a specific post or position for a certain period of time etc., or a specific procedure. The basic principles included in all codes of ethics for public service interpreters, i.e. confidentiality, accuracy, impartiality, avoidance of conflict of interests, CPD, accountability, role definition, solidarity among colleagues and work conditions (Hale 2007), draw inspiration upon the codes of ethics of conference interpreters, among which the Code of Professional Ethics of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC) plays a major role. The main concern of the codes of ethics for interpreters is to guarantee quality, professional ethics and work conditions of interpreters in a fast-changing world in order to protect the interpreters’ health and well-being. However, how important does that viewpoint sound to a public employee or a civil servant, who is mainly concerned with the respect of rules and compliance with the law? How easy is it to convince the authorities involved in public service interpreting to adopt a code of ethics laying too much emphasis on the interpreter’s figure, especially keeping in mind authorities tend to consider interpreters a necessary evil? Following the study of several codes of ethics of both conference and public service interpreters’ associations, a review of the codes of ethics for public service interpreters is proposed moving the focus from the interpreters to the procedure and taking into account all participants: public employees/civil servants, beneficiaries and public service interpreters.application/pdfhttps://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/latic/article/view/39310engDepartment of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting, Ionian Universityhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0Copyright (c) 2025 Maria PETROCHEILOU2241-7214International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication2241-4304International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication; Τόμ. 9 (2025): Special Issue on Public Service Interpreting: Paving the Way to Social Justice Through Professionalization (Early Access)International Journal of Language, Translation and Intercultural Communication; Vol. 9 (2025): Special Issue on Public Service Interpreting: Paving the Way to Social Justice Through Professionalization (Early Access)role definitioncivil servantspublic service interpreters' code of ethicsconflict of interestsconfidentialityPSIaccuracyimpartialitycode of ethicscollegialitysecrecySYDISECPDinterpreters' work conditionscode of practicesolidarityAIICbeneficiariesHellenic Association of Conference Interpretersrecipients of interpreting servicesaccountabilityinterpreters' code of ethicscode of conductA code of ethics in public service interpreting : Why a review is neededinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion2025-03-24Δημοσίευση σε περιοδικόPublication in journalΓλώσσα και ΓλωσσολογίαLanguage and Linguisticsisi - Language & Linguistics covers resources relating to theoretical, literary and historical linguistics as well as stylistics and philology.isi - Linguistics covers resources relating to all theoretical and applied aspects of linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics. The category also includes resources dealing with language as a social phenomenon such as sociolinguistics, language acquisition and education, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, corpus linguistics, semiotics and the relationship between memory and language.Επιστημονικό άρθροScientific articleΤμήμα Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων/Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα ΗπείρουGreek Aggregator OpenArchives.gr | National Documentation Centre (EKT)