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Applied Ethics Resources for Geoscience Students and Professionals

Ethics Centers and Organizations with a Significant Emphasis on Ethics

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, https://aipg.org/page/Ethics
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 https://aipg.org/page/EthicsIndex

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 Conduct/Harassment Policy and Performance Guidelines, https://www.asbog.org/public/conduct_harass_performance.html

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 ).

AEG Member Code of Conduct in PDF form

AEG Member Code of Conduct on a web page

Professional Practice Handbook [3rd edition, 1993], https://www.aegweb.org/assets/docs/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

Focus on Engineering Ethics

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, better known as ABET ( www.abet.org )
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)
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, https://onlineethics.org

Focus on Ethics

Ethics and Compliance Initiative (ECI) — www.ethics.org

Glossary of Ethics and Compliance Terms — www.ethics.org/resources/free-toolkit/toolkit-glossary/
Definitions of Ethical Values in Organizations — www.ethics.org/resources/free-toolkit/definition-values/
The PLUS Ethical Decision Making Model — www.ethics.org/resources/free-toolkit/decision-making-model/
What are Common Code Provisions? — www.ethics.org/resources/free-toolkit/code-provisions/

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.
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
Ethics Unwrapped, University of Texas, McCombs School of Business, http://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu; Ethics Defined (glossary): ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/ethics-defined
Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions, https://poynter.indiana.edu/index.html
- Ethics case studies: https://ethicscasestudies.mediaschool.indiana.edu
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/
- A framework for ethical decision making — www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/a-framework-for-ethical-decision-making/
Ethics and Public Policy Center, eppc.org
Josephson Institute of Ethics, www.josephsoninstitute.org
Ethics Institute at Dartmouth College, https://ethics-institute.dartmouth.edu
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
W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at the University of British Columbia, www.ethics.ubc.ca

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