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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

Research ethics provides guidelines for the responsible conduct of research. In addition, it educates and monitors scientists
conducting research to ensure a high ethical standard. The following is a general summary of some ethical principles:
Honesty:
Honestly report data, results, methods and procedures, and publication status. Do not fabricate, falsify, or misrepresent data.
Objectivity:
Strive to avoid bias in experimental design, data analysis, data interpretation, peer review, personnel decisions, grant writing,
expert testimony, and other aspects of research.
Integrity:
Keep your promises and agreements; act with sincerity; strive for consistency of thought and action.
Carefulness:
Avoid careless errors and negligence; carefully and critically examine your own work and the work of your peers. Keep good
records of research activities.
Openness:
Share data, results, ideas, tools, resources. Be open to criticism and new ideas.
•Respect for Intellectual Property:
Honor patents, copyrights, and other forms of intellectual property. Do not use unpublished data, methods, or results
without permission. Give credit where credit is due. Never plagiarize.
•Confidentiality:
Protect confidential communications, such as papers or grants submitted for publication, personnel records, trade or
military secrets, and patient records.
•Responsible Publication:
Publish in order to advance research and scholarship, not to advance just your own career. Avoid wasteful and
duplicative publication.
•Responsible Mentoring:
Help to educate, mentor, and advise students. Promote their welfare and allow them to make their own decisions.
•Respect for Colleagues:
Respect your colleagues and treat them fairly.
•Social Responsibility:
Strive to promote social good and prevent or mitigate social harms through research, public education, and advocacy.
• Legality:
Know and obey relevant laws and institutional and governmental policies.
• Animal Care:
Show proper respect and care for animals when using them in research. Do not conduct unnecessary or poorly
designed animal experiments.
• Human Subjects Protection:
When conducting research on human subjects, minimize harms and risks and maximize benefits; respect human
dignity, privacy, and autonomy .
• Competence:

Maintain and improve your own professional competence and expertise through lifelong education and learning; take steps to
promote competence in science as a whole.

• Non-Discrimination:

Avoid discrimination against colleagues or students on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, or other factors that are not related to
their scientific competence and integrity.

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