independence; institutional loyalty; respect; and responsibility. 78. In judicial codes of ethics the principles and values that stand out are: • • • • • • • • • • • • commitment to justice; excellence (including training); efficiency; integrity; independence; probity; restraint; confidentiality; diligence; respect for the human being, especially one’s colleagues; not intervening improperly in matters that are before a lower court; and equal treatment by the media. Box 3.3. The Code of Ethics of the Judicial Branch of the Federation of Mexico Among the codes of ethics that are expressly directed at judges and the members of an EDRB, it is worth mentioning the Code of Ethics of the Judicial Branch of the Federation of Mexico (Poder Judicial de la Federación). It contains the principles, rules and judicial virtues considered suitable as a professional-ethical standard to guide the conduct of federal judges and their auxiliaries, while also facilitating the ethical function of the various aspects of the role they play. The five guiding principles of the code, which by constitutional mandate derive from the judicial career service, are: a. independence, in terms of the prohibition on influences from outside the law that come from the social system; b. impartiality, rejecting any influence from outside the law or which stems from the parties to the proceedings before the courts; c. objectivity, in terms of the need to distance oneself from the influences from outside the law that may come from the judge himself or herself; d. professionalism, understood as the responsible and serious exercise of the judicial function; and e. excellence, as an archetype to which judges should aspire by cultivating the judicial virtues set out in the code of ethics. 31 3. Prevention of electoral disputes • • • •