Code of Ethics
The biological sciences are arguably the most diverse and integrated
of natural sciences. Professional biologists are engaged in research,
education, and service in hundreds of sub-disciplines addressing levels
of biological organization from molecules to ecosystems. The faculty and
students in the Department of Biological Sciences at Loyola University
New Orleans are engaged in biology across this vast diversity.
Our faculty are members of over 30 different professional societies that
have well established professional standards for the conduct of research,
education, and service. Many of these organizations have formally articulated
Professional Codes of Ethics, which are listed below.
Additionally, Guidelines for the Conduct of Research ,
especially as it relates to the use of organisms, have been developed
over many decades.
Professional Codes of Ethics … Professional Biological
Organizations
Animal
Behavior Society
American
Institute of Biological Sciences
American
Medical Association
American
Physiological Society
American
Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
American Society
for Microbiology
Botanical
Society of America
Ecological
Society of America
Society for
Conservation Biology
Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Society of Wetland
Scientists
The
Wildlife Society
Professional Codes of Ethics …
Teaching Organizations
National
Association of Biology Teachers
National Science
Teachers Association
Guidelines for the Conduct of Research
On Being
a Scientist:Responsible Conduct in Research . (National Academy
Press, 1995)
Guidelines
for Research using Animals and Humans (American Physiological Society)
Guidelines
for care and use of Fishes in Field Research (Amer. Fish. Society
and ASIH)
Guidelines for
care and use of Reptiles and Amphibians in Field Research (ASIH)
Guidelines
for care and use of Mammals in Field Research (Amer. Soc. of Mammalogists)
Guidelines for the
Care and Use of Mammals ( National Academy Press, 2003)
Guidelines for
care and use of Natural History Collections (Soc. for Preservation
of Natural History Collections)