Code of Ethics for social science research and others

Research ethics and Social Sciences
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UNESCO Ethical Guidelines for International Comparative Social Science Research in the framework of MOST
University of Toronto Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Board (SSH REB) Guidelines for Ethical Conduct in Participant Observation
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Academy of Criminal Justice Science, Code of Ethics http://www.acjs.org/pubs/167_671_2922.cfm
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American Anthropological Association, Code of Ethics www.aaanet.org/committees/ethics/ethcode.htm
American Association for Public Opinion Research, Code of Professional Ethics and Practices www.aapor.org/default.asp?page=survey_methods/ standards_and_best_practices/code_for_professional_ethics_and_practices
American Association for Public Opinion Research, Protection of Human Participants in Survey Research www.aapor.org/pdfs/protectionofhuman.pdf
American Association of University Professors, Statement on Professional Ethics www.aaup.org/statements/Redbook/Rbethics.htm
American Educational Research Association, Ethical Standards of AERA www.aera.net/about/policy/ethics.htm
American Evaluation Society www.eval.org/Publications/publications.html#Guiding%20Prin
Guiding Principles for Evaluators
Educational Program Evaluation Standards
Personnel Evaluation Standards
American Historical Association, Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct 2003 www.theaha.org/PUBS/STANDARD.htm
American Political Science Association, Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science www.apsanet.org/pubs/ethics.cfm
American Psychological Association, Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code do Conduct www.apa.org/ethics/
American Sociological Association, Code of Ethics www.asanet.org/members/ecoderev.html
American Society for Public Administration, Code of Ethics www.aspanet.org/ethics/coe.html
American Statistical Association, Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice http://www.amstat.org/profession/ethicalstatistics.html
American Statistical Association, Surveys and Privacy http://www.amstat.org/comm/cmtepc/
Code of Ethics for the Psychologist www.cop.es/English/docs/code.htm
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct www.acm.org/constitution/code.html
Association for Institutional Research, Code of Ethics www.airweb.org/page.asp?page=140
Association of Internet Researchers, Ethical Decision-making and Internet Research http://aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf
Association of Social Science Researchers (New Zealand), Code of Ethics http://assr.rsnz.org/membshp/ASSRETHI.doc
Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Code of Ethics www.anzsoc.ecel.uwa.edu.au/anzsoc/code_of_ethics.htm
Australian Computer Society, Code of Ethics www.acs.org.au/national/pospaper/acs131.htm
Belgium: Fédération belge des psychologues, Code de déontologie www.bfp-fbp.be/BfpFR/REGdeont.htm
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Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen, Ethische Richtlinien der DGPs und des BDP www.bdp-verband.org/bdp/verband/ethik.shtml
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British Educational Research Association, Ethical Guidelines www.bera.ac.uk/publications/guides.php
British National Union of Journalists, Code of Conduct www.mediator.online.bg/eng/ethics/uk1.htm
British Psychological Society, Code of Conduct for Psychologists www.bps.org.uk/documents/Code.pdf
British Society of Criminology, Code of Research Ethics www.britsoccrim.org/ethics.htm
British Sociological Association www.britsoc.co.uk/bsaweb.php?area=item1
Authorship guidelines for academic papers
Good professional conduct
Statement of ethical practice
Anti sexist/racist/ ablist and non-disablist language
Employment of staff
Dealing with sexual harassment
Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct www.cips.ca/about/ethics/english/ethics.pdf
Canadian Psychological Association (2000), Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists www.cpa.ca/ethics.html
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, Code of Professional Ethics alcor.concordia.ca/~csaa1/INTRO/CodeEthiqueBil.htm
Centre for Research Ethics Göteborg University www.cre.gu.se
Council of American Survey Research Organisations (CASRO), CASRO Code of Standard and Ethics for Survey Research www.casro.org/codeofstandards.cfm
Dartington Social Research Unit, Youth at Risk Evaluation: Ethics Statement www.dartington.org.uk/documents/YAR%20Ethics%20Statement.pdf
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Economic and Social Research Council: Research Ethics and Confidentiality www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCContent/researchfunding/sec22.asp
Ethical Practitioners' Association of Canada (EPAC), Ethical Standards http://epac-apec.hypermart.net/ethstd_e.html
EthnicNet, Database for European Codes of Journalism Ethics www.uta.fi/ethicnet/index.htm
European Federation of Professional Psychological Associations (1995), Meta code of ethics www.efpa.be/Home/newpagina.htm
ESOMAR - World Association of Opinion & Marketing Research Professionals (European Society for Opinion & Marketing Research) www.esomar.org/main.php?a=2&p=57
International Code of Marketing & Social Research Practices
Opinion Polls
How to commission research
Maintaining distinctions between marketing research and direct marketing
Interviewing children & young people
Mystery shopping
Tape & video recording & client observation of interviews and group discussions
Marketing & opinion research using the Internet
Internet Privacy Policies and privacy statements
ESOMAR Arbitration service.
Finland: National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH), Guidelines for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences, Law and the Humanities www.etikkom.no/Engelsk/NESH
German Evaluation Society, Evaluation Standards www.degeval.de/standards/Broschuere%20ENGL.pdf
Gesellschaft für Informatik, Ethical Guidelines http://courses.cs.vt.edu/~cs3604/lib/WorldCodes/Germany.Code.html
Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS), Code of Ethics www.imis.org.uk/30_professional_stds/60_ethics/code_ethics.pdf
International Sociological Association, Code of Ethics www.ucm.es/info/isa/about/isa_code_of_ethics.htm
International Statistical Institute, Declaration on Professional Ethics http://www.cbs.nl/isi/ethics.htm
Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Update site http://ethics.acusd.edu/
Market Research Society, Code of Conduct www.mrs.org.uk/standards/guidelines.htm
Guidance on the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
Free Prize Draws Guidance Note
Guidance Note: How to Apply the MRS Code of Conduct in Employee Research
Guidelines for Research Among Children and Young People
Internet Research Interim Guidance Note (also draft internet guidelines)
MRS Guidelines on Mystery Customer Research
Qualitative Research Guidelines (also see new revised draft)
Quantitative Data Collection Guidelines
Questionnaire Design Guidelines
The Responsibilities of Interviewers.
Management of Social Transformations (MOST), Ethical Guidelines for International Comparative Social Science Research in the framework of MOST http://www.unesco.org/most/ethical.htm
NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Washington DC (formerly National Association of Foreign Student Advisers), Code of Ethics www.nafsa.org/content/InsideNAFSA/EthicsandStandards/CodeOfEthics/CodeOfEthics.htm
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National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA), Ethical Guidelines for Practitioners www.practicinganthropology.org/about/?section=ethical_guidelines
National Association of Social Workers, Code of Ethics www.socialworkers.org/pubs/code/default.asp
National Committee for Ethics in Social Science Research in Health (NCESSRH), Ethical Guidelines for Social Science research in Health www.hsph.harvard.edu/bioethics/guidelines/ethical1.html
National Disability Authority www.nda.ie
Guidelines for Including People with Disabilities in Research
Using Emancipatory Methodologies in Disability Research
National Union of Journalists, Code of Conduct www.uta.fi/ethicnet/uk.html
New Zealand Psychological Society, Code of Ethics www.psychology.org.nz/about/Code_of_Ethics_2002.html
New Zealand Statistical Association, Code of Conduct http://alcor.concordia.ca/~csaa1/INTRO/CodeEthiqueBil.htm
Nuremberg Code www.med.umich.edu/irbmed/ethics/Nuremberg/NurembergCode.html
Philippine Health Social Science Association, Ethics for Social Research in Health: the phssa guidelines www.phssa.org/pubs/pdf/ethics_in_hss_research.pdf
SABRE, An Ethical Code for Researching 'Race', Racism and Anti-racism in Scotland, www.sabre.ukgo.com/page/ethical_code/index.html
SEVAL-Standards: The Swiss Evaluation Society www.seval.ch/en/standards/index.cfm
Social Research Association, Ethical Guidelines 2002 www.the-sra.org.uk/Ethicals.htm
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada, Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans (Medicine, Science and Engineering, Social Sciences and Humanities) www.pre.ethics.gc.ca/english/policystatement/policystatement.cfm
Society for Applied Anthropology, Statement of Ethical and Professional Responsibilities www.sfaa.net/sfaaethic.html
Sociological Association of Aotearo - New Zealand, Code of Ethics saanz.rsnz.org/ethics.html
South African Political Science Association, Code of Ethics www.h-net.msu.edu/~sapsa/ethics.htm
Spain: Colego Oficial de Psycólogos Codigo deontologico del psicologo www.cop.es/
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UK Evaluation Society, Good Practice Guidelines
www.evaluation.org.uk/Pub_library/PRO2907%20-%20UKE.%20A5%20Guideline.pdf
UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), Code of Practice 2002
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www.ispa.org.uk/html/media/press_releases.html
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki, Ethical Principles for Medical Research involving human subjects (Amended 2000)
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