A Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science
A Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science: Policy Statements of the Council Together With Advisory Opinions of the Cmmt on Prof Ethics, Ri by Richard F. Schier
English | June 1, 1991 | ISBN: 1878147056 | 38 Pages | PDF | 0.40 MB
English | June 1, 1991 | ISBN: 1878147056 | 38 Pages | PDF | 0.40 MB
Political scientists share problems in common with practitioners of other scholarly disciplines. They also frequently encounter ethical problems unique to their professional concerns. The purpose of this Guide is to provide an authoritative statement of ethical principles for political scientists, particularly for those newly entering the profession.
In 1967 the APSA created a committee with a broad mandate to explore matters “relevant to the problems of maintaining a high sense of professional standards and responsibilities.” That committee, chaired by Marver H. Bernstein1, published its report, “Ethical Problems of Academic Political Scientists,” in the summer 1968 issue of PS. An enduring contribution of this committee was the development of a written code consisting of twenty-one rules of professional conduct. The Bernstein Report, as it came to be called, also recommended the appointment of a Standing Committee on Professional Ethics and such a committee was duly created in 1968.