AGU Task Force on Scientific Ethics

The Scientific Ethics Task Force is responsible for reviewing and guiding the Union’s standards, principles, and code of conduct on ethics and integrity in scientific activities.

Committee Charge

• Review the current state of AGU's scientific ethical standards in the geophysical sciences and those of other related professional/scholarly societies;
• Based on this knowledge, update AGU's protocols and procedures for addressing violations of its ethical principles;
• As appropriate, revise and augment AGU's current ethical principles and code of conduct for AGU meetings, publications and for interactions between scientists with their professional colleagues and the public;
• Propose sanctions for those who violate AGU's ethical principles, and
• Consider whether AGU should adopt a statement of ethical principles as a condition of membership or for participation in certain activities of the Union. If so, develop a recommendation on how the principles would be applied to AGU members and or participants in AGU activities.

Work Plan

To be determined

Let me look into my crystal ball and predict its first action will be to elect a new Chair.

Update: well to those who didn't click fast enough and might have missed the point, it seems that a new Chair has already been appointed.