Additional Ethics Resources

The LSA Ethics Committee recommends these additional materials for linguists on the intersection between language scholarship and ethics. 

Ethics Statements, Guidelines, and Related Materials of Other Linguistic Organizations

• Austin Principles for Data Citation in Linguistics (2018)

• British Association for Applied Linguistics ‘Recommendations on Good Practice in Applied Linguistics’ (2016)

• Sign Language Linguistics Society ‘SLLS Ethics Statement for Sign Language Research’ (2014) 

Ethics Statements, Guidelines, and Related Materials of Other Organizations

• American Anthropological Association ‘Methods and Ethics’ (2016)

• American Anthropological Association ‘Principles of Ethical Responsibility’ (2012)

• Association of Internet Researchers ‘Ethical Decision-Making and Internet Research 2.0: Recommendations from the AOIR Ethics Working Committee’ (2012)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science: Misconduct or Ethics Breach (2018)

• American Association for the Advancement of Science ‘#TimesUpAAAS Leshner Fellows Letter on AAAS Harassment Policy’ (2018)

• American Psychological Association ‘Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct’ (2017)

• American Psychological Association ‘A Graduate Student’s Guide to Determining Authorship Credit and Authorship Order’ (2006)

• American Sociological Association Ethics Policies (ethics disclosure, awards revocation, removal from leadership positions)

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and Social Sciences Research Council of Canada Tri-Council Policy Statement ‘Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans’ (2010) 

• Committee on Publication Ethics (Guidelines)

• Council on Undergraduate Research Code of Ethics (2017)

• IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (2019)

• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) ‘Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals’ 

• National Science Foundation Frequently Asked Questions and Vignettes

• National Science Foundation: Measures to Protect Research Community from Harassment (2018)

• Open Society Framework ‘Guidelines for Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) in Journal Policies and Practices’ (2011-18)

• Publication Ethics

• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ‘Ethics and Intangible Cultural Heritage’ (2015)

• United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner ‘International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights’ (1966)

• U.S. Department of Human and Health Services ‘Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects (‘Common Rule’)’ (2016) 

• U. S. Department of Human and Health Services ‘International Compilation of Human Research Standards’ (2017) 

• U.S Department of Health and Human Services: The Office of Research Integrity

• U.S. Department of Human and Health Services ‘Protection of Human Subjects’ Title 45 Code of Federal Regulations (2009) 

• United States National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research ‘The Belmont Report: Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research’ (1979)

• Value-Sensitive Design, a theoretical and methodological framework for the design of technology that is grounded in human values (2009)

• World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) ‘Policy Statement on Geopolitical Intrusion on Editorial Decisions’ (2004)

• World Medical Association ‘Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects’ (2018)