Code of Conduct

  • Be honest, fair, transparent, respectful, and uphold integrity and dignity of the profession.
  • Promote and maintain an environment free from discrimination and/or harassment.
  • Maintain confidentiality of information.
  • Prevent, detect, and report on all fraud (including scientific fraud where results are fabricated, misrepresented, or suppressed) and professional misconduct.
  • Only offer advice/conduct work on subjects in which scientists are informed and qualified.
  • No plagiarism, accurately and fairly citing the work of others.
  • Minimize or declare/manage conflicts of interest.
  • Only make use of data that has been authorized to use.
  • Responsibility to uphold welfare, health, and safety of a community.
  • Research presented at IAUC has been granted necessary ethics clearance, especially when working with human or animal subjects and medical records.
  • Respect the academic processes – peer review, official process for reply to posters, selection of posters for conference presentation.
  • Do not use the peer review process to promote your own work.
  • Be aware of bias and work to ensure decisions are fair, equitable, and rooted with diverse representation.
  • Comply with congress guidelines: Be mindful and respectful of colleagues during IAUC activities.
  • No virtual harassment/stalking, disruption during presentations.
  • Mandatory bystander reporting of incidents.