Abstract
Many journals in the physical sciences require authors to submit assurances of compliance with human subjects and other research
ethics standards. These requirements do not cover all disciplines equally, however. In this paper we report on the findings
of a survey of perceptions of ethical and managerial problems from journal editors in political science and related disciplines.
Our results show that few journals in political science require assurance statements common to journals for other scientific
disciplines. We offer some reasons for this as well as some recommendations for implementing ethical assurance safeguards
for political science.
ethics standards. These requirements do not cover all disciplines equally, however. In this paper we report on the findings
of a survey of perceptions of ethical and managerial problems from journal editors in political science and related disciplines.
Our results show that few journals in political science require assurance statements common to journals for other scientific
disciplines. We offer some reasons for this as well as some recommendations for implementing ethical assurance safeguards
for political science.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-8
- DOI 10.1007/s10805-012-9163-6
- Authors
- Sara R. Jordan, Department of Politics & Public Administration, University of Hong Kong, Room C-950, 9/F Social Sciences Building, Centennial Campus, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, HKSAR
- Kim Q. Hill, Department of Political Science TAMU 4348, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4348, USA
- Journal Journal of Academic Ethics
- Online ISSN 1572-8544
- Print ISSN 1570-1727