Researcher Perceptions of Ethical Guidelines and Codes of Conduct

Accountability in Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 123-138

  Giorgini, Vincent ^a   Mecca, J T ^a   Gibson, Carter ^a   Medeiros, Kelsey ^a   Mumford, Michael D ^a   Connelly, Shane ^a   Devenport, Lynn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

codes of conduct; ethics guidelines; misconduct

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UNIVERSITY;

CODES OF ETHICS; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERCEPTION; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84922213345     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2014.955607     Document Type: Article

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