Code of Ethics

The Code of Ethics of the International Society of Ethnobiology has its origins in the Declaration of Belém, agreed upon in 1988 at the founding of the International Society of Ethnobiology (in Belém, Brazil). The Code of Ethics was initiated in 1996 and completed in 2006. The final version, adopted by the ISE membership at the 11th International Congress of Ethnobiology in November 2006, supercedes all previous draft versions. An Executive Summary and Glossary of Terms were added at the 11th International Congress of Ethnobiology in June 2008.

The Code of Ethics is available for download below. Please note that the Executive Summary and Glossary of Terms are currently available only in the English version. If you wold like to assist with translation, please contact the Coordinator at: isecoordinator@gmail.com.

Please cite the ISE Code of Ethics as follows:

International Society of Ethnobiology (2006). International Society of Ethnobiology Code of Ethics (with 2008 additions). http://ise.arts.ubc.ca/global_coalition/ethics.php

The ISE thanks all those who generously volunteered their time to create translations (acknowledged below):

1. English: Code of Ethics in English, with Executive Summary and Glossary of Terms
2. Italian:
Codice Etico in Italiano, thanks to Laura Solaris and Maria Pia Macchi of Magia Verde Onlus
3. Spanish: Código  de Ética, versión en español, thanks to Patricia Navarrete and Carolina Gil of the Colombian Instituto de Etnobiologia, with Ana Vivaldi &amp colleagues
4. Chinese:

Code of Ethics in Chinese, thanks to Dr. Yi-Ren Lin and colleagues.
5. Bahasa Indonesia:

Code of Ethics in Bahasa Indonesia, thanks to Idah Farida and Jeanine Pfeiffer.

 

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Code of Ethics
Code of Ethics visualization by pre-Congress Ethics workshop participants, Nov 2-4, 2006, Chiang Rai, Thailand (Image © 2006 L. Icyh)

Ethics Workshop 2006
Participants in pre-Congress Ethics Workshop, Nov 2-4, 2006, Chiang Rai, Thailand (Image © 2006)

A draft strategy to develop a tool kit to assist researchers in putting the Code into practice was also developed as part of the workshop. Further work on the ethics tool kit will be undertaken in 2008 with financial assistance from The Christensen Fund.

The ISE thanks the hundreds of individuals and many organisations that contributed to the creation of the Code of Ethics over its decade-long development process.

Special thanks to participants of the Pre-Congress Ethics Workshop:

Michele Andersen, New Zealand Maria Pia Macchi, Italian in India
Alejandro Argumedo, Peru Susannah McCandless, USA
Kelly Bannister, Canada Jack Miller, Canada
Ruei-Lin Chen, Taiwan Verna Miller, Canada
Yi-Shyr Chung, Taiwan Patricia Navarrete, Colombia
Mana Cracknell, New Zealand Jeanine Pfeiffer, USA
Richard Donaldson-Alves, Thailand Michelle Reid, Canada
Sisilia Dun, Indonesia Nanda Singh, Nepal
Pablo E, Italy/Chile Maui Solomon, New Zealand
Idah Faridah, Indonesia Yuba Subedi, Nepal
Ojok Miriam Fiona, Uganda Yeremias Uril, Indonesia
Lahwy Icyh, Taiwan Ana Vivaldi, Argentina
Christine Kabuye, Uganda Mary Walingo, Kenya
Shiang-Pei Kuo, Taiwan Felice Wyndham, Canada
Tsui-Han Lai, Taiwan Yuswantoro, Indonesia
Yih-Ren Lin, Taiwan Khaled Zaman, Bangladesh