Reporting of Results
Psychologists do not fabricate data or falsity results in their publications.
If psychologists discover significant errors in their published data, they take reasonable steps to correct such errors in correction, retraction,erratum or other appropriate publication means
Plagiarism
Psychologists donot present substantial portions or elements of another’s work their own, even if the other work or data source is cited occasionally
Pupblicaation credit
Psychologist take responsibility and credit including authorship credit, only for work they have actually performed or to which they have contributed
Principal authorship and other publication credit accurately reflect the relative scientific or professional contribution of the individuals involved regardless of relative status . mere possession of an institutional position such as department chair, does not justify authorship credit. Minor contribution to the research or to the writing for publication are appropriately acknowledged such as in footnotes or in an introductory statement .
A student is listed as an author on any multiple-authored article that is based primarily on the student’s dissertation or thesis data
Duplicate publication of data
Psychologists do not publish as original data , data that have been previously published. This does not preclude republishing data when they are accompanied by proper acknowledgment
Sharing data
After research result are published, psychologists do not withhold the data on which their conclusions are based from other competent professional who seek to verify the substantive claim through reanalysis and who intend to use such data only for purpose , provided that the confidentiality of the participants can be protected and unless legal rights concerning proprietary data preclude their release
Professional positions
Psychologists who review material submitted for publication ,grant or other research proposal review respect the confidentiality of and the proprietary rights is such information of those who submitted it.