Focus on GeoEthics

The International Association for Promoting Geoethics is a group founded in Rome in 2012 with sections in a growing number of countries worldwide. Their name states their mission. There is no fee to be a member of this organization, although donations are always welcome. Their primary activity is the organization of talks, symposia, and publications related to GeoEthics, and the production of a blog and other information transmitted online through social media. IAPG is affiliated with a number of other organizations, including the American Geosciences Institute (AGI), Geological Society of America (GSA), European Geoscience Union (EGU), International Union of Geological Societies (IUGS), Geological Surveys of Europe (EGS), European Federation of Geologists (EFG), African Network for Geo-Education (ANGE). To learn more about IAPG and to become a member, visit http://www.geoethics.org.

• Codes of ethics and codes of conduct, http://www.geoethics.org/tools/cec

The American Institute for Professional Geologists (AIPG) is an organization that serves its members and the broader community in many ways, but it has always had a particular emphasis on ethical practice in the Geosciences (http://www.aipg.org).

• AIPG has several levels of membership, the highest of which is the Certified Professional Geologist or CPG. Ethical practice is an important part of membership and certification (www.aipg.org/membership/index.htm)
• AIPG Code of Ethics, http://www.aipg.org/about/ethics.htm
• David Abbott's column in The Professional Geologist is titled Professional Ethics and Practices. An Excel spreadsheet with a topical index of his columns is available at www.aipg.org/about/pdf/pe-p-index.xls

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is a federation of geoscience organizations with an international reach, serving perhaps 250,000 geoscientists worldwide (http://www.americangeosciences.org). Geoscience ethics has been a persistent forcus for AGI over the years.

• AGI Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct, http://www.americangeosciences.org/community/agi-guidelines-ethical-professional-conduct
• AGI Member Societies' Codes of Ethics, http://www.americangeosciences.org/policy/policy-positions/ethics

National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG), http://www.asbog.org

• ASBOG Code of Ethics, http://asbog.org/documents/Code of Ethics--2014.pdf

The Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) includes members in a wide range of applied fields, including hydrogeology, hydraulogy, environmental geology and engineering geology (www.aegweb.org).

• The AEG Principles of Ethical Behavior are posted online in the "Members-Only Content" directory under "AEG Member Documents" (http://www.aegweb.org/?page=AEGPrinciplesEthics)
• Professional Practice Handbook [3rd edition, 1993], c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.aegweb.org/resource/resmgr/Publications/aegpph.pdf

Focus on Science Ethics

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Scientific Integrity, http://www.aaas.org/page/scientific-integrity
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office of Research Integrity, http://ori.hhs.gov
• National Science Foundation, Responsible Conduct of Research, http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/rcr.jsp
• Collaborative Initiative for Research Ethics (CIRE) at Brown University, http://brown.edu/research/research-ethics/
  • Northeast Ethics Education Partnership (NEEP), http://brown.edu/research/research-ethics/neep
    • NEEP training materials can be accessed via http://www.brown.edu/research/research-ethics/northeast-ethics-education-partnership/training-materials/training-materials

Focus on Engineering Ethics

• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, better known as ABET (www.abet.org)
• Ethics in Science and Engineering National Clearinghouse, http://www.umass.edu/sts/digitallibrary/
• Murdough Center for Engineering Professionalism, Texas Tech University, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/murdoughcenter/
• National Society of Professional Engineers, Ethics, http://www.nspe.org/resources/ethics
• Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Research, http://www.onlineethics.org
• ImpactCS Project, George Washington University, http://www.seas.gwu.edu/%7Eimpactcs//index.html

Focus on Ethics

• Guide to Ethical Values in Business, accessible online via http://onlinembapage.com/guide-to-ethical-values-in-businesses/; suggested by Brooke Kreuger's Girl Scout Troop on January 25, 2016.
• National Center for Professional & Research Ethics, 2015, Ethics CORE: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, accessible online via https://www.nationalethicscenter.org
• U.S. Office of Government Ethics, www.oge.gov
• Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Institute of Technology, http://ethics.iit.edu
  • Codes of Ethics Collection, http://ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/
  • Modules in Applied Ethics, http://ethics.iit.edu/projects/modules-applied-ethics
• Ethics Unwrapped, University of Texas, McCombs School of Business, http://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu
• Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, http://poynter.indiana.edu/teaching-research-ethics/workshop-details
• Association for Practical and Professional Ethics at Indiana University, Bloomington, www.indiana.edu/~appe/
• Environmental Ethics from the Center for Environmental Philosophy at the University of Northern Texas, www.cep.unt.edu
• The Ethics Connection of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, www.scu.edu/ethics/
• Ethics and Public Policy Center, eppc.org
• Josephson Institute of Ethics, www.josephsoninstitute.org
• Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics at Dartmouth College, www.dartmouth.edu/~ethics/
• Center for Ethics and the Professions at Harvard University, www.ethics.harvard.edu
• The Kenan Institute for Ethics kenan.ethics.duke.edu/
• Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, www.cceia.org
• Institute for Global Ethics, www.globalethics.org
• Lawrence M. Hinman's Ethics Update site from the University of San Diego, ethics.sandiego.edu
• W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia, www.ethics.ubc.ca

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