Your science conference should have a code of conduct

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Favaro, Brett ^a,b   Oester, Samantha ^c   Cigliano, John A ^d   Cornick, Leslie A ^e   Hind, Edward J ^f   Parsons, E C M ^c   Woodbury, Tracey J ^g  

^a a specialized research centre of the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEDAR CREST COLLEGE   (United States)

^e ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g Society for Human Resource Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Bullying; Harassment; Human resources; Inclusivity; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008627485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00103     Document Type: Note

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