Ethical Research Practice
Links to Ethical Codes and Guidelines

Academy of Criminal Justice Science Code of Ethics

ADM Arbeitskreis Deutscher Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstitute (Working Group of German market and Social Studies Institute) IHK/ESOMAR Internationaler Kodex fur die Praxis der Markt- und Sozialforschung

American Anthropological Association Code of Ethics

American Association for Public Administration (ASSA)

American Association for Public Opinion Research
Code of Professional Ethics and Practices

American Association for Public Opinion Research
Protection of Human Participants in Survey Research

American Association of University Professors
Statement on Professional Ethics

American Educational Research Association Ethical Standards of AERA

American Evaluation Society

American Historical Association Statement on Standards of Professional Conduct 2003

American Political Science Association Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science

American Psychological Association
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of  Conduct

American Sociological Association Code of Ethics

American Society for Public Administration Code of Ethics

American Statistical Association Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice

American Statistical Association Surveys and Privacy

Asociacion de Estudiantes de Ciencia Politica y Sociologia
Code of Ethics for the Psychologist

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

Association for Institutional Research Code of Ethics

Association of Internet Researchers Ethical Decision-making and Internet Research

Association of Social Science Researchers (New Zealand) Code of Ethics

Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology Code of Ethics

Australian Computer Society Code of Ethics

Belgium: Fédération belge des psychologues Code de déontologie

Belmont Report (1979) National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural research: EthicalPrinciples and guidelines for the protection of human subjects of research

Berufsverband Deutscher Psychologinnen und Psychologen
Ethische Richtlinien der DGPs und des BDP

British Association for Applied Linguistics
Recommendations on Good Practice in Applied Linguistics

British Educational Research Association Ethical Guidelines

British National Union of Journalists Code of Conduct

British Psychological Society Code of Conduct for Psychologists

British Society of Criminology Code of Research Ethics

British Sociological Association

Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)
Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct

Canadian Psychological Association (2000) Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists

Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association Code of Professional Ethics

Council of American Survey Research Organisations (CASRO) CASRO Code of Standard and Ethics for Survey Research

Department for Work and Pensions (2003) Doing the Right Thing: Outlining the DWP’s approach to ethical and legal issues in social research (Jo Bacon and Karl Olsen) Working Paper No.11

Economic and Social Research Council: Research Ethics and Confidentiality

Ethical Practitioners’ Association of Canada (EPAC) Ethical Standards

EthnicNet Database for European Codes of Journalism Ethics

European Association for Psychotherapy Ethical Guidelines

European Federation of Professional Psychological Associations (1995)
Meta code of ethics

European Science Foundation Good scientific practice in research and scholarship

ESOMAR — World Association of Opinion & Marketing Research Professionals (European Society for Opinion & Marketing Research)

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

German Evaluation Society Evaluation Standards

Gesellschaft für Informatik Ethical Guidelines

Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS) Code of Ethics

International Sociological Association Code of Ethics

International Statistical Institute Declaration on Professional Ethics

Lawrence Hinman’s Ethics Update site

Market Research Society Code of Conduct
A number of professional codes and guidelines some specific to particular aspects of market and quantitative research others more general

Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Ethical Guidelines for International Comparative Social Science Research in the framework of MOST

NAFSA: Association of International Educators Washington DC (formerly National Association of Foreign Student Advisers) Code of Ethics

National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities Guidelines for research ethics in the social sciences law and the humanities

National Academy of Science On Being a Scientist Responsible Conduct in Research

National Association for the Practice of Anthropology (NAPA) Ethical Guidelines for Practitioners

National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics

National Committee for Ethics in Social Science Research in Health (NCESSRH) Ethical Guidelines for Social Science research in Health

NESH (2003) Research ethics guidelines for internet research. National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities Norway.

National Union of Journalists Code of Conduct

New Zealand Psychological Society Code of Ethics

New Zealand Statistical Association Code of Conduct

Nuremberg Code

Office of National Statistics Code of Practice
A number of codes of practice principles and protocols

Philippine Health Social Science Association
Ethics for Social Research in Health: the phssa guidelines

Register of Independent Researchers Code of Ethics for Independent Research

RESPECT Code of Practice for Socio-Economic Research

Research Ethics Framework
Economic and Social Research Council (UK) Guidelines under development

SABRE An Ethical Code for Researching ‘Race’ Racism and Anti-racism in Scotland

SEVAL-Standards: The Swiss Evaluation Society

Social Research Association Ethical Guidelines 2002

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)

Society for Applied Anthropology Statement of Ethical and Professional Responsibilities

Sociological Association of Aotearo — New Zealand Code of Ethics

Spain: Colego Oficial de Psycólogos Codigo deontologico del psicologo

Swiss Evaluation Society Evaluation Standards

UNICEF Evaluation Office Children Participating in Research Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) — Ethics and Your Responsibilities as a Manager Evaluation Technical Notes No.1 April 2002

UK Evaluation Society Good Practice Guidelines

UK Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) Code of Practice 2002
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www.ispa.org.uk/html/media/press_releases.html

WHO (2000) Ethical standards and procedures for research with human beings.

World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research involving human subjects (Amended 2000)

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