All AEDSB members and AEDSB conference participants shall commit themselves to the highest standards of professional integrity as one aspect of the broad domain of ethical and professional conduct. We shall refrain from all forms of professional dishonesty, fabrication, plagiarism, misrepresentation, and concealment of potential conflicts of interest. By a public endorsement of such ethical behavior, we aim to earn the confidence of others in our professional integrity.
Fabrication: Falsification of research data or falsification of citations in a research report, a presentation, and/or a publication will be considered a violation of professional integrity.
Plagiarism: Claiming another person’s work as one’s own, or providing no acknowledgement of the original source will be considered a violation of professional integrity; this also applies to borrowing in whole or in part from another person’s work without proper citation.
Misrepresentation: Inaccurate or improper or false representation of one’s current professional status or professional expertise or professional limitations, or the simultaneous submission of a paper to multiple journals, will be considered a violation of professional integrity.
Potential Conflicts of Interest: Concealment of potential conflicts of interest in terms of financial gain(s) as economic/financial experts or as paid consultants or as principals/agents of public/private funding for research projects will be considered a violation of professional integrity.
Abuse of Power: Using (or abusing) our power, position, or authority (as a journal editor, book editor, other) to take advantage of others (students, junior colleagues) is considered a violation of the professional code of conduct. Our motto should be to mentor and support others in their intellectual development, respect the intellectual property rights of others, and always provide appropriate credit and
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Honor Code: “We, as AEDSB members and AEDSB Conference participants, pledge not to engage ourselves in fabrication, plagiarism, misrepresentation, and concealment of potential conflicts of interest in violation of professional integrity.”
Note: Professional ethics are not necessarily limited to the above forms of conduct. All other issues included in the American Economic Association’s (AEA) Disclosure Policy and Principles, as they pertain to AEDSB, shall apply.
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