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Relevant to chemists publishing in American Chemical Society journals, with sections for editors, authors, reviewers, and scientists publishing outside of the scientific literature as well.
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American Chemical Society PUBS: Ethical Guidelines Editors of journals published by the American Chemical Society provide a set of ethical guidelines for persons engaged in the publication of chemical research, specifically, for editors, authors, and manuscript reviewers. These guidelines were developed by the Editors of the..."To help in the preservation of that atmosphere of mutual trust and ethical behavior required for science to prosper." From the American Mathematical Society.
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AMS Ethical Guidelines Council received the report of its Special Advisory Committee on Professional Ethics. The Committee, which consisted of Murray Gerstenhaber, Frank Gilfeather, Elliott Lieb, and Linda Keen (Chair presented ethical guidelines for adoption by the Council. Those draft guidelines were published...Adopted by the American Chemical Society in June of 1994, this short document replaces the Chemist's Creed as the official principles of conduct for professional chemists.
http://www.acs.org/membership/conduct.html
Institution of Electrical Engineers rules for the ethical conduct of their members.
http://www.iee.org.uk/Profdev/Guides/conduct.htm
Includes the text of the ethics code as well as the enforcement and educational plans from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) To preserve the high ethical standards of the civil engineering profession, the Society?s ethics program includes: Edict The Society maintains a Code of Ethics. Enforcement The Society enforces the Code by investigating potential violations of the Code and taking disciplinary...General principles and ethical standards for professional sociologists, from the American Sociological Association.
http://www.asanet.org/members/ecoderev.html
Short brochure-length document in PDF format.
http://www.oig.nsf.gov/misconductinsciencebrochure.pdf
Policy statement of the Board on Professional Practice and Ethics of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, relevant to professional practice and publication. [Adobe Acrobat pdf file]
http://www.asme.org/asme/policies/pdf/p15_7.pdf
Research ethics statement and guidelines from the American Physical Society
http://www.aps.org/statements/02_2.cfm
Guidelines for research and publication.
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About ESA: Governance Code of Ethics This code provides guiding principles of conduct for all members of the Ecological Society of America and all ecologists certified by the Society. It is the desire and purpose of the Society to support and encourage ecological research and education,...From the American Association of University Professors.
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AAUP- The statement which follows, a revision of a statement originally adopted in 1966, was approved by the Association’s Committee on Professional Ethics, adopted by the Association’s Council in June 1987, and endorsed by the Seventy-third Annual Meeting. INTRODUCTION From its...From the American Physical Society
http://www.aps.org/statements/04_1.cfm
American Physical Society statement recommending policies for ethics cases.
http://www.aps.org/statements/02_3.cfm
Several topics are covered, including conflicts of interest, research integrity and misconduct, and research data disclosure.
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Association of American Universities: Research Issues Animals in Research Cloning Conflicts of Interest and Misconduct Costs of Research Export Controls Government University Research Partnership Human Subjects Research Research Authorizations Research Benefits Research Data Disclosure Research Funding Scientific Openness and Security Stem Cell Research Technology Transfer...