Part 1: Preliminary Provisions

1.1 Introduction

1. The object of Royal Society of New Zealand (hereinafter Royal Society Te Apārangi) is “the advancement and promotion in Aotearoa New Zealand of science, technology, and the humanities”. For that purpose, the Society is required by the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1997 to establish and administer for Members of the Society a Code of Professional Standards and Ethics in Science, Technology, and the Humanities (hereinafter the Code).

2. For the Society to support its Members to achieve the objectives of both exemplary ethical behaviour and world class research and scholarly practices, a robust code of practice is required. This Code applies across all fields of science, technology and the humanities, and across differing knowledge systems and research epistemologies, so as to address the complexity of ethical and practice concerns that may arise in Members’ work. This Code also functions to support public trust through transparent standards.

3. The Code is divided into parts. Part 2 sets out ethical values and principles that underpin relevant research epistemologies, and describes research and scholarly practice that is consistent with those values and principles within the context of Aotearoa New Zealand Part 3 describes the responsibilities on Members and sets out the standards…