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Guidelines and codes of conduct are created by government agencies, professional societies, and schools to assist researchers make ethical decisions regarding their research and publishing practices.

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• ACS Ethical Guidelines

  http://pubs.acs.org/instruct/ethic.html
  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.

• AMS Ethical Guidelines

  http://www.ams.org/secretary/ethics.html
  "To help in the preservation of that atmosphere of mutual trust and ethical behavior required for science to prosper." From the American Mathematical Society.

• ASA Code of Ethics

  http://www.asanet.org/about/ethics.cfm
  General principles and ethical standards for professional sociologists, from the American Sociological Association.

• Association of American Universities: Research Administration and Policy Issues

  http://www.aau.edu/policy/article.aspx?id=4700
  Several topics are covered, including conflicts of interest, research integrity and misconduct, and research data disclosure.

• Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research

  http://pubs.acs.org/userimages/ContentEditor/1218054468605/ethics.pdf
  Adopted by the American Chemical Society in August 2010, this defines the official principles of conduct for authors, reviewers and publishers.

• IET Rules of Conduct

  http://www.theiet.org/about/governance/rules-conduct/
  Institution of Engineering and Technology rules for the ethical conduct of members.

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