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Code of ethics

Researchers at CICEE –Business Economics Research Centre at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, commit to the following code of ethics:
  1. Be responsible, within a community of knowledge, for producing science as collective patrimony, thus contributing to progress of knowledge.
  2. Foster freedom of thought, independence, critical and creative thinking, scientific rigor, reliability and credibility of their work.
  3. Respect diversity of values, opinions and preferences of our scientific community members, community we wish is plural and supportive.

  4. In every research, everyone should be treated equally regardless of race, sex, gender identification, sexual orientation, national origin, native language, religion, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law.

  5. Precaution must be taken to protect the privacy of research subjects and the confidentiality of their personal information.

  6. Each research protocol should include information regarding potential conflicts of interest and incentives for subjects participating in the research process, as well as eliciting informed consent.

  7. Reject practices of unfair competition among colleagues.
  8. Accept only those tasks they consider they are skilled for because they master the necessary research methodologies and “state-of-the-art” to execute them, though acknowledging the need for continuous training.
  9. Acknowledge the social responsibility of their activity in terms of the impact of their publications or public positions, making sure their research does not inadvertently affect other people.
  10. Refuse falsification and manipulation of data able to intentionally distort reality and ensure privacy whenever data confidentiality is at stake.
  11. Steadfastly oppose any attempt to present others’ results as their own, either through literal plagiarism or through undue use of others’ ideas, as well as avoid quotes whose meaning, if out of context, may be completely distorted.
  12. Pay special attention to the authorship of published texts, adequately mentioning all research participants, including students, whose authorization for publication should be requested; there should be no unreferenced use of previously published ideas.
  13. Claim the co-authorship of a text only in case of significant participation and ensure names of authors are listed according to their intellectual input to the research.
  14. Actively collaborate with research teams and reject withholding of information that hinders other researchers from carrying out the project.
  15. Actively participate in peer reviewing, accepting to requests to review, ensuring that the process remains confidential, that the review is constructive and that deadlines are respected.
  16. Commit to not submitting the same text for publication in more than a peer reviewed publication.
  17. Establish a straightforward relation with funding institutions, clearly referring and never omitting any organization that contributed to make the study possible or collaborated with the study, as well as respect agreements concerning the ownership of the obtained results.
  18. Expressly declare any conflict of interests, whether in terms of the study or the funding institutions, clearly stating any circumstances that may affect bias.
  19. Support the organization of scientific events through participating, providing information required or other that may be of need.
  20. Promote the respectability and credibility of CICEE and of Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa and carefully use the resources made available to the researchers.

2024 June
The CICEE Board

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