American Educational Research Association (AERA); Ethical Standard

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Ethical Standards

The Ethical Standards of the American Educational Research Association were adopted in June 1992 by AERA as an educational document to stimulate collegial debate and to evoke voluntary compliance by moral persuasion. The Ethical Standards were revised in 1996 and in 2000. Accordingly, it is not the intention of the Association to monitor adherence to the Standards or to investigate allegations of violations to the Code.

The Ethical Standards include a foreword and six specific Guiding Standards.

	Foreword
I.	Responsibilities to the Field
II.	Research Populations, Educational Institutions, and the Public
III.	Intellectual Ownership
IV.	Editing, Reviewing, and Appraising Research
V.	Sponsors, Policymakers, and Other Users of Research
VI.	Students and Student Researchers
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