Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
An “Ethics” Checklist
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Are you familiar with your institution's code of conduct?
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Have any authors been listed without their knowledge?
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Have other potential authors been omitted? Do they know that publication is pro-
ceeding without them?
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Was an ethics clearance obtained for any human studies? Can readers access the
protocol that was approved in the clearance?
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Do you have any conflict of interest in publication of the work?
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Is the scope of citation and attribution clear? Is there a clear distinction between
new work and previous knowledge?
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Are other papers accurately described?
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Has other work with similar results been appropriately cited and discussed?
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Is all the text in the paper yours?
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Are you the copyright holder for all figures and illustrations?
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If any material is shared with another paper, has the sharing been explained to the
reader? Has it been explained to the editor?
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Does the paper include material recycled from your earlier work?
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Do you know which version of the code was used to run the experiments? Could
you run the experiments again and get the same outcome?
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How will data and code be retained?
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Are there any weaknesses or limitations in the experiments that need to be
described? Would you be prepared to show other researchers the raw experimental
materials?
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Has any confidential or proprietary code or data been used? Do you have appro-
priate permissions?
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Is any of the content confidential?
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Are any claims overstated?