As the profession of psychology continues to gain greater acceptance across the globe it is prudent for psychologists to evaluate common ethical components that comprise ethical behaviors. Documents such as the EFPA Meta-Code and the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists help develop common ethical principles across countries, acting as foundations from which to develop codes of ethics. Recently there have been research efforts to identify common ethical standards across national codes of ethics. Identifying these standards establishes common features of expected ethical practices across countries. However, though common standards may be found across different codes, the interpretation of these standards is likely to differ due to cultural contexts. The purpose of this presentation is to highlight some ethics code standards found to be common across countries, cultural interpretations of these standards when possible, and discussion of differences found among codes. A presentation of trends across code development will be included. These research efforts can assist psychological associations with developing and refining their codes of ethics.