Book publishing as one of the literacy elements in the society is a business makers that provide job opportunities and contribute towards the development of public welfare. Aside from being a business maker that supports writing and reading as cultural-educative activities with the mission to educate the live of the nation and pluralistic society, in which it will benefit in elevating the dignity of every citizen and the dignity of the country, as well as an effort in creating global peace.

Hence, book publishers together with the government, public book elements and the entire society should grow a condusive climate of respect and to work together to develop the country’s book industries, in accordance to the tasks, functions and professional responsibility of each related party. With such a climate, book publishers would conduct their professions in a healthy, communicative, loyal, responsible and critical way in addressing the various problems that might hinder their business targets according to the noble mission of their predecessors.

With this realization, publishers involved in the Indonesian Publishing Community (hereinafter referred to as Ikapi members), hereby upholds and self binds to the codes of ethics as follow.

1. General
2. Ikapi members are book publishers who have become a member of a Pancasila-based organization.
3. Ikapi members are obliged to obey the articles of organization, bylaws, and other provisions of Ikapi.
4. Members of Ikapi are obliged to carry the roles and responsibility in developing the culture and to educate the live of the nation.
5. Ikapi members are responsible for the books they published in which the contents are not contradictory to the religious values, the noble values of the nation’s culture, as well as public order.
6. Ikapi members are obliged to carry the tasks and responsibilities together with other public literacy elements, in order to realize the mission of educating the live of the nation. Therefore, the existence of book publishing business and activities must be maintained to enable their active and dynamic movements and to enable their professional growth.
7. Ikapi members are obliged to support the efforts of other parties who aim to grow national literacy activities, directly or indirectly, in accordance to their capacity.
8. Ikapi members, in conducting their collaboration with foreign parties, are obliged to pay into consideration and prioritize the interest of the nation in general and the interest of national book publishing in particular.